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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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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NASA officials have said that it may not be possible to try launching … Read the rest of this article
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.
The water-seeking mobile VIPER robot will help pave the way for astronaut missions to the lunar surface beginning in 2024 and will bring NASA a step closer to developing a sustainable, long-term presence on the … Read the rest of this article