Orion Spacecraft Passes Tests – Ready for Final Artemis I Launch Preparations
The Orion spacecraft that will fly on the Artemis 1 mission around the Moon has returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, after…
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More Than 12,000 Potential Astronauts Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation
More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore…
Orion Spacecraft Returns to Kennedy Space Center for Final Preparations Before Artemis I Launch
NASA’s Orion spacecraft for Artemis I returned to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 25 after engineers put it through the rigors…
SpaceX Awarded Contract to Deliver Cargo to Lunar Gateway Orbital Outpost
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, as the first U.S. commercial provider under the Gateway Logistics Services contract to deliver cargo, experiments and other…
NASA’s Plans to Explore the Moon and Beyond Aided by Space Station Research
As part of the Artemis lunar exploration program, NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon and use that experience to inform future human exploration…
First Massive SLS Rocket Core Stage for NASA’s Artemis Completed and Loaded for Transport
The first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage for NASA’s Artemis program completed manufacturing work at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and…
The International Space Station Is Helping Us Get Back to the Moon – Here’s How
The International Space Station is a stepping stone for NASA’s Artemis program that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by…
All Four Rocket Engines Attached to the SLS Core Stage for Artemis I Mission
All four RS-25 engines were structurally mated to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis I, the first mission of…
Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit – Next Generation Spacesuit for Artemis Astronauts
At first glance, NASA’s new spacesuit that will be worn on Artemis missions might look like the suits that astronauts use for spacewalks outside the…
ARTEMIS Mission Reveals Origins of Moon’s ‘Sunburn’
Every object, planet or person traveling through space has to contend with the Sun’s damaging radiation — and the Moon has the scars to prove…