Artemis II builds on the success of the uncrewed Artemis I in 2022, and will demonstrate a broad range of capabilities needed on deep space…
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An image captured in space from Peregrine’s journey. The curved sliver in the upper right corner is Earth. The camera that took this image is…
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander will deliver five NASA payloads to the Moon following its January 8 launch on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket. Credit: Astrobotic…
Ahead of launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose…
NASA’s Artemis II mission is advancing with the final preparations of the SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center. The Orion stage adapter, a key component…
NASA completed a full duration, 650-second hot fire of the RS-25 certification engine on November 29, continuing a critical test series to support future SLS…
NASA’s Artemis missions, aimed at extending lunar exploration, face new challenges with larger landers that pose greater operational risks. These missions must navigate complex lunar…
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet documents field exploration in the lunar-like landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain. The engineers behind the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) worked with…
Integration of the crew and service modules for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft was recently completed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit:…
Artemis II astronauts, from left, NASA astronaut Victor Glover (left), CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman stand…
Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Credit:…
The March 21 hot fire test of the RS-25 certification engine marked the fourth in a series aimed at validating new engine production by Aerojet…
Artemis II is the first crewed flight test on the agency’s path to establishing a long-term scientific and human presence on the lunar surface. Credit:…
NASA successfully conducted a 10-minute hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine on March 21, surpassing the required power levels and duration for SLS missions,…
Rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost transfer vehicle deploying the European Space Agency’s Lunar Pathfinder satellite to lunar orbit. ESA’s Lunar Pathfinder is designed and developed…
Artemis II is the first crewed flight test on the agency’s path to establishing a long-term scientific and human presence on the lunar surface. Credit:…
Credit: Axiom Space When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire test on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi on March 8, 2023.…
This artist’s rendering shows an aerial view of the liftoff of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. This Block 1 crew configuration of the rocket…
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test on November 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at…