The report says NASA found over 100 areas on Orion's heat shield — where thermal material protects the spacecraft from the ...
"Artemis 1 set new records of performance, exceeded efficiency expectations, and established new safety baselines for humans ...
Starship’s in-space refueling technology will play a crucial role in sending NASA’s Artemis astronauts to the Moon.
At the end of the Artemis III mission, that HLS Starship lunar lander remains in high lunar orbit (aka the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit, NRHO) indefinitely. At that point, the main tanks of that ...
It will require a number of previously untested steps, including an Orion-Starship rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit; humans flying inside of Starship in space; Starship going down to the ...
Some out-of-this-world trees are now home and ready to begin inspiring a new generation. NASA is preparing to distribute ...
NASA intends to use its Orion capsule to send astronauts to the moon, but a report has found that issues with the capsule's ...
The new moon of May 2024 will see the bright constellations of summer begin to rise just as those of winter sink below the horizon.
The Artemis missions that promise to return astronauts to the lunar surface will depend on the Orion spacecraft, which is equipped with a European Service Module (ESM) supplied by the ESA (European ...
The agency's Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report on Wednesday (May 1) titled "NASA's Readiness for the Artemis 2 Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit," which aims to determine how ready ...
One reason cited for the 10-month delay was getting to the bottom of reentry heat shield data from Artemis 1, which sent an uncrewed Orion capsule to lunar orbit and back. Engineers have been ...
It will be the first crewed effort beyond Earth orbit since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 — and it wouldn't have been possible without the success of Artemis 1 in late 2022. Artemis 1 sent an uncrewed ...