Fifty-three years to the day of the first moon landing, NASA announced tentative plans for its next moon mission, Artemis I. The agency plans to launch its 30-story-tall Space Launch System rocket on Aug. 29th. The unmanned test flight will last anywhere from four to six weeks. Space co...
The vehicle is still undergoing testing, but NASA plans to return it to the launchpad next month. If everything goes as planned, it could launch as soon as August 29th.
But before all that happens, the space agency has to test its equipment with the flight of Artemis 1, which will break records of its own. As NASA’s massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket sitson the launch padahead of this historic mission, here’s what you need to know about...
After Artemis 1, if all goes according to plan, a second mission — Artemis 2 — will launch and carry astronauts around the moon and back in 2024. Then in 2025 or 2026,Artemis 3will see astronauts land on the moon near the lunar south pole. Eventually, the space between the Earth and...
The Artemis 1 moon mission launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022. (Image credit: Josh Dinner) The Trump administration wants to give NASA's Artemis moon program a serious facelift. The White House's proposed 2026 "skinny budget," which ...
Blastoff! NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket launches on the historic first mission. NASA Space Launch System rocket launched the Artemis 1 mission on Nov. 16, 2022. The rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...
The country's Chandrayaan-3 mission is expected to be launched in August 2023, reported The Hindu on October 20, citing ISRO's Chairman Shri S. Somanath. It added that preparation for the country's maiden manned mission into space was progressing with an expected launch date of Decemb...
3,588 1,688 NASA announced that this test went well enough to go for a 9/27 launch. This topic will be discussed on NASA Live in 2 hours (12:30pm ET 9/23/2022). The press release is at: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...pdate-on-demonstration-test-artemis-i-mission "...
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it arrives at Launch Pad 39B on Friday, November 4, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the age...
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Following the scrub called on the first launch attempt of the Artemis 1 Moon rocket on Monday, Aug 29, NASA officials have decided to postpone the launch date for the maiden flight of the mammoth SLS Mega Moon rocket on its un...