Students eye high-tech plan for Nasa launch watch party
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By Daniel Logan
Published on April 1, 2026.
As Nasa prepares to launch its first crewed mission around the Moon in over 50 years, PhD students from the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium in Ireland have planned a high-tech plan to track the Artemis II mission from Armagh. The students, who are based at the planetarium, will use state-of-the-art telescopes to observe the mission's progress using their expertise at observing asteroids and observing how they interact with each other. This information is crucial for space agencies planning to send astronauts to the Moon, as the Moon is constantly being peppered by meteorites. The launch comes as the world's oldest telescope in the world is still in its original setting.
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