The design, development and demonstration of the Human Landing System (HLS) is expected to be led by commercial partners. Utilizing efforts across mission directorates, the Artemis effort will benefit from programs from the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Space Technology Mission Directorate (...
NASA's Human Lander Challenge is sponsored by the Human Landing System Program within the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate and managed by the National Institute of Aerospace. For more details on NASA's 2025 Human Lander Challenge and how to participate, visit the HuLC ...
Charged with returning to the moon in the next four years, NASA's Artemis program will reveal new knowledge about the moon, Earth, and the origins in the solar system. The human landing system is a vital part of NASA's deep space exploration plans, along with the Space Launch System rock...
China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, according to a white paper released on January 28. The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," said China will continue its studies and research "on ...
BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, according to a white paper released on Friday. The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," said China will continue it...
NASA also announced today that there could be an uncrewed landing of Starship ahead of one with people on board. However, the agency did not offer details about how that would work, citing the lack of communication between SpaceX and NASA during the litigation. In the meantime, SpaceX has ...
While this may not pose an immediate problem during spaceflight, astronauts landing back on Earth in this physically diminished state are at a higher risk of injury. Luckily this problem can be largely mitigated with rigorous exercise, and any orbiting vessel spacious enough to hold human occupants...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2024 - NASA's Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) is now accepting submissions for its second year. As part of NASA's Artemis campaign, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon and prepare for future Mars mis
system (Fig.2b). Interestingly, the classical stress hormones (cortisol and catecholamines) evaluated during spaceflight did not significantly differ between daytime- and mission time points21,29,30. A rise in salivary and urinary cortisol was observed in the early inflight phase and upon landing ...
Before the first lunar landing in 1969, engineers worried that the lunar soil wouldn't support the weight of a spacesuit and the astronaut inside, but now a greater danger is that the lunar soil is composed of tiny glass-like shards which may damage the suit. ...