Learn About Earth's Nearest Neighbor - The Moon
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 have said that the technical problems that afflicted the first and second launch attempts of the Artemis I mission have now been fixed.
The third launch attempt date for what has been called “NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket” has been set for September 27th.
The Artemis I rocket is composed of two components – the 30 storey high Space Launch … Read the rest of this article
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 8, to discuss next steps for the Artemis I mission to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Audio of the call will livestream on NASA’s website.
Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test. It is … Read the rest of this article
NASA officials have said that it may not be possible to try launching … Read the rest of this article
UPDATE Sept. 3rd: Today’s second launch attempt has been scrubbed, again due to a hydrogen fuelling leak. Stay tuned for news of when the next launch attempt will be made.
Teams are moving forward to the Moon with a second launch attempt of the Artemis I mission on Saturday, 3 September.
The two-hour launch window starts at 14:17 EDT (19:17 … Read the rest of this article
UPDATE: Today’s (August 29) launch has been scrubbed. The next launch window is on September 2nd. A hydrogen leak was been detected in the fuel system but couldn’t be fixed to allow today’s launch to go ahead.
Watch the most powerful rocket ever built launch on 29 August from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
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NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, to provide an update on progress toward the launch of the agency’s uncrewed Artemis I mission.
Artemis engineers are working through final closeout tasks for the launch, as well as integrated testing before the rocket rolls out to the pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in … Read the rest of this article
In the first major Artemis update provided under the Biden-Harris Administration, NASA leadership discussed on November 9th the challenges and progress of America’s lunar exploration plans and reiterated a long-term commitment to exploring the Moon and sending astronauts to Mars.
The update follows a judge’s recent decision to uphold NASA’s selection of SpaceX to develop and demonstrate a modern human … Read the rest of this article