Credit: SpaceNews Midjourney illustration To great jubilation, NASA’s Space Launch System performed a spectacularly successful first test flight beginning Nov. 16, 2022. Almost a month later, after multiple distant orbits of Earth’s moon, the Orion capsule returned Dec. 11 to a safe splashdown and recovery. Does a successful first flight […]
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With the successful launch of Artemis I and the second SLS rocket nearing completion, aerospace experts engage the next generation, assuring them that this is just the beginning of a long and mind-blowing highway into deep space. Every day, Amanda Swanson, a Space Launch System (SLS) propulsion engineer at Boeing, […]
NASA announced Friday that ‘there is nothing preventing’ them from launching on November 16, following fears Hurricane Nicole would ground the rocket for the foreseeable future. Jim Free, associate administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, held a live briefing at 3pm ET to share an update, noting that several issues […]
LIVE ARTEMIS 1 LAUNCH LIVE: Launch time delayed as NASA engineers investigate engine problems and crack in the body of Space Launch System rocket – due to blast off on 42-day journey around the moon today By Sam Tonkin and Jamie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 12:38 BST, 29 August 2022 […]
NASA and America are on the precipice of a space renaissance with the maiden voyage of the Space Launch System Rocket, part of the NASA Artemis program. Many of us remember Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon and the launch of the International Space Station. The Space Launch System […]
Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the moon in Greek mythology. NASA has chosen her to personify its path back to the moon, which will see astronauts return to the lunar surface by 2025 – including the first woman and the next man. Artemis 1, formerly […]
One step closer to the moon! NASA finishes assembling its $18.6BILLION Space Launch System ‘megarocket’ ahead of its maiden voyage this November Space Launch System (SLS) will launch for the first time in November this year with the Artemis-1 mission This includes tests of the Orion crew capsule that will […]
WASHINGTON — Astrobotic has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of its Griffin lunar lander, carrying a NASA lunar rover, on a Falcon Heavy in 2023. Astrobotic announced April 13 that it selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy for its Griffin Mission 1 lunar lander mission, which will deliver the […]