NASA Plans for More SLS Solid Rocket Boosters to Launch Up to 9 Artemis Moon Missions
NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters to support as many as six additional flights, for a…
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NASA’s Lunar Loo Challenge: $35,000 in Prizes for Toilet Design That Works on the Moon
As NASA prepares for our return to the Moon, innumerable activities to equip, shelter, and otherwise support future astronauts are underway. These astronauts will be…
Massive SLS Rocket Test: NASA to Apply Millions of Pounds of Force to Try to Break Oxygen Tank Structure
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is concluding its structural qualification test series with one upcoming final test that will push the design for the…
Astrobotic Selected by NASA to Fly VIPER Rover to the Moon [Video]
NASA has awarded Astrobotic of Pittsburgh $199.5 million to deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon’s South Pole in late 2023….
Third European Service Module for Artemis Mission to Land Astronauts on the Moon
It’s official: when astronauts land on the Moon in 2024 they will get there with help from the European Service Module. The European Space Agency…
Searching With Sasquatch: Recovering NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
For Artemis missions, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will be traveling at 25,000 mph as it reenters the Earth’s atmosphere, which will slow it down to 325 mph….
NASA Selects SpaceX and Two Other Companies to Develop Human Landers for Artemis Moon Missions
NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface…
NASA Artemis Accords: Principles for a Safe, Peaceful, and Prosperous Future
Via the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, heralding in a new era for…
NASA Wants Your Mini Moon Payload Designs and They’re Offering Cash Prizes
A new JPL-led challenge is seeking ideas for scientific instruments that could fit inside a tiny payload no bigger than a bar of soap. Future…
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…
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…