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NASA Celebrates Four Telly Awards for Artemis II Moon Mission Coverage
NASA’s Artemis II mission coverage earned four 2026 Telly Awards, recognizing its live global storytelling, 24/7 livestreams and geologic training footage, plus a craft-writing award for a telescope documentary, as Artemis II marked the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo and reached hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide.
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NASA Invites Public to Join and Track Artemis II Moon Mission
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