Today is a huge day. This is the last piece of big hardware that we need for Artemis 1 hard processing. And we’ve just been waiting a long time for this part of the vehicle to arrive so that we can get going on the next steps of our stacking operations. Standing an impressive 212...
however, there are no plans to move the moon rocket into the building, as this process takes a lot of time. The Space Force had already granted the agency an extension of the 20-day period. NASA has now asked for another exemption. Only when these hurdles have been cleared...
Artemis astronauts could bring home samples of it Meanwhile, the far side is quite the opposite. It's only about 1% covered by volcanic plains. So, how did the near side and far side come to be so different? Well, the thickness of the crust seems to be a factor. Indeed, in 2011,...
Mr. Smith led large, integrated teams to develop and implement some of NASA’s most critical programs including systems engineering for SLS, Orion, and Exploration Ground Systems. He led the formulation of the Artemis and Moon to Mars plans, including NASA’s Gateway, the Human Landing System,...
And NASA picked Starship as the first crewed lander for its Artemis program of lunar exploration, which aims to put boots back on the moon in the middle of this decade. Starship still has a number of hurdles to clear, however. For example, the system has yet to launch on an orbital ...
World’s largest ‘space window’ has just launched to orbit again The SPB is designed to float at around 110,000 feet. However, during its latest mission it occasionally dropped to 80,000 feet, and on one occasion fell to 70,000 feet when flying over a severe storm. ...