From Apollo to Artemis: WNC Ground Station Rejoins the Moon Race

WNC -- April 1, 2026: Rosman -- Deep within the quiet zones of the Pisgah National Forest, a piece of Cold War and Space Race history is humming back to life for a new generation of explorers. The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) has been selected by NASA as one of 34 organizations worldwide to provide critical ground station support for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon in over fifty years.A Legacy RebornThe facility’s return to NASA operations is a homecoming 64 yea