NASA has finalized its contract with Boeing of Huntsville, Alabama, for approximately $3.2 billion to continue manufacturing core and upper stages for future Space Launch System rockets for Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. […]
Teams in Mission Control Houston conducted spacecraft system checks ahead of Orion’s planned splashdown on Dec. 11, while the Exploration Ground Systems recovery team made its way toward the landing area off the Baja Coast near Guadalupe Island. […]
On flight day 23 of NASA’s Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft continues making the return trip to Earth, capturing photos and video along the way. […]
To prepare for the Artemis era of research on the Moon, NASA will conduct two, multi-week field tests near Flagstaff, Arizona with astronauts, engineers, and scientists to practice mission scenarios for Artemis astronauts in a simulated lunar surface environment. […]
NASA has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the Artemis III mission, which will land Americans on the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. Axiom Space will be responsible for the design, development, qualification, certification, and production of its spacesuits and support equipment that will meet these key agency requirements for Artemis III. […]
PETER CRANIS: Artemis helps round out what could be the strongest August in history and pushed Labor Day into new territory. The Artemis launch attempt on Monday, August 29 helped finish the month with a strong 93% occupancy rate the Sunday night prior. When compared to July 4th which also fell on a Monday – the Sunday night before was 82%. […]
NASA’s Artemis rocket sprang another liquid hydrogen fuel leak Saturday morning ahead of the second launch attempt. […]
NASA’s Artemis rocket sprang another liquid hydrogen fuel leak Saturday morning ahead of the second launch attempt. […]
On Saturday afternoon, there were three lightning strikes to the lightning protection system towers at Launch Pad 39B – a strike to Tower 1 and two strikes to Tower 2.
Initial indications are that the strikes were of low magnitude. A weather team has begun an assessment that includes collecting voltage and current data, as well as imagery. […]
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. […]
As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the agency announced plans Wednesday to create additional opportunities for commercial companies to develop an astronaut Moon lander. […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Dan Zapata knew from the time he was in second grade he wanted to be an engineer. Nowadays, Zapata is one of seven certified crawler drivers at Kennedy. Certification took more than two years of on-the-job training to achieve. […]
