Today’s Mission to the Moon
The Daily
04/01/26
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Today, NASA is set to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back. If the mission succeeds, a return of astronauts to the moon’s surface could follow.
Kenneth Chang, who covers science, explains why the United States wants to go back to the moon.
Guest: Kenneth Chang, a science reporter at The New York Times who writes about NASA and the solar system.
Background reading:
- What to know about NASA’s Artemis II moon mission.
- For a member of the crew, the journey to the moon is “starting to feel real.”
Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Background reading:
- Read the investigation by Manny and Sarah into the allegations against Ceasar Chavez.
Photo: Barton Silverman/The New York Times
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Guest: Ann E. Marimow covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times from Washington.
Background reading:
- Here are five takeaways from the birthright citizenship argument.
- Mr. Trump attended the Supreme Court oral arguments, then left an hour in.
Photo: Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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