Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, has kicked off product development teams for its Human Landing System (HLS) that will return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024 as part of NASA’s Artemis program. […]
As 2019 draws to a close, teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida have been hard at work preparing for the agency’s Artemis I launch – the first test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to send the Orion spacecraft around the Moon. […]
As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are developing new technologies, working toward space ventures of their own, and looking to NASA for assistance. […]
President John F. Kennedy wasn’t kidding when he said going to the Moon was hard. Much of the technology needed to get to the lunar surface and return didn’t exist at the time of Kennedy’s famous 1962 speech. And much was unknown. […]
As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, here are five things to know about the Moon that you can share with others: How far away is the Moon? How big is the Moon? What color is the Moon? Why do we always see the same side of the Moon? And what are the dark areas on the Moon? […]
NASA has selected 12 new science and technology payloads that will help NASA study the Moon and explore more of its surface as part of the agency’s Artemis lunar program. […]
American businesses will help NASA land astronauts on the Moon in five years and establish a sustainable presence there, as part of the agency’s larger Moon to Mars exploration approach. […]
In mission control at Johnson Space Center in Houston, flight controllers simulated part of Orion’s uncrewed flight to the Moon for Artemis 1. […]
A large mass of unknown material has been discovered on the largest crater on the Moon and scientists aren’t sure what it is. […]
NASA is a step closer to returning astronauts to the Moon in the next five years following a successful engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. […]
Astronomers found a pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour — so fast it could travel the distance between Earth and the Moon in just 6 minutes. […]
NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the fifth meeting of the National Space Council starting at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 26. […]
