Learn About Earth's Nearest Neighbor - The Moon
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has wasted no time making waves as acting head of NASA.
His first big move: fast-tracking the agency’s plan to put a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 — a full speed-up from the original timeline.
Alongside that, he’s also doubling down on NASA’s partnerships with private space companies.
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NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard the agency’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER – short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover.
The rover will embark on a mission to the lunar South Pole to unravel the mysteries of the Moon’s water and better understand the environment where NASA plans to land … Read the rest of this article
Exciting news! For the first time in over 50 years, humans are leaving low Earth orbit and heading back to the Moon with the Artemis II lunar flyby mission crew.
The four crew members consist of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Artemis II is scheduled to take off around November … Read the rest of this article
On November 21st, 2022, at 13:44 CET (12:44 GMT), the Artemis spacecraft Orion powered its main thruster on the European Service Module to slingshot around the Moon, just five days after liftoff.
The European Service Module is powering Orion around the Moon and back, providing propulsion, temperature control, electricity as well as storage and delivery for essential supplies such as … Read the rest of this article
At 01:47 local time in Florida, 06:47 GMT, today – November 16th, 2022, the Artemis I mission started its voyage to the Moon as NASA’s new Moon rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, and put the Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module into Earth orbit.
The spacecraft spent two hours circling Earth before being … Read the rest of this article
On Wednesday, October 12th, the NASA announced a fresh set of potential launch dates for its uncrewed Artemis I mission to circumnavigate the Moon:
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Are you ready to join European Space Agency’s (ESA) initiative to support European space companies to create a constellation of lunar satellites that connect and guide missions to the Moon?
Creating lasting telecommunications and navigation links with the Moon will enable sustainable space exploration for the hundreds of lunar missions that are due to launch within the next few decades.… Read the rest of this article
UPDATE #2 – Sept. 26th: NASA has made the decision to move the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule stack back into the Vehicle Assembly Building.
This means that the backup October 2nd launch date for Artemis I is now a no-go.
There might be a launch attempt at the end of October but a launch in November is … Read the rest of this article
On Wednesday, September 21st (2022), the European Space Agency announced that they had selected a team of seven astronauts to train for NASA’s Artemis missions to the moon – but only one of them will have the chance to become the first European to walk on the Moon’s surface.
The candidates are:
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NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23, to discuss the cryogenic demonstration test conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 21, ahead of the next Artemis I launch attempt (on Sept. 27th).
Audio of the call will livestream on the agency’s website here:
After encountering a hydrogen leak early in the loading process during the … Read the rest of this article