Artemis 2 is the second scheduled flight of the Artemis program and the first crewed Artemis mission that will send four astronauts around the moon.
Like the uncrewedArtemis 1and crewed Artemis 2, this mission aims to launch the giganticSpace Launch System(SLS) megarocket andOrion spacecraft. For landing on the moon, the crew will useSpaceX's Starship, a system that the California company is developing right now for crewed human missions....
While NASA has not made a final decision to use the Gateway for Artemis III, Artemis IV and beyond will send crew aboard Orion to dock to the Gateway, where two crew members can stay aboard the spaceship in orbit while two go to the surface. Over time, the outpost will evolve, with n...
NASA has scheduled a re-launch of the Artemis I rocket for September 3rd after a potential exhaust issue with the rocket engines was identified, which prevented the engines from reaching the necessary temperature. The team spent a day analyzing data and agreed to one of the repair ...
NASA has been working toward the Artemis I test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft by the end of this year. The first SLS/Orion flight with a crew, Artemis II, is on the books for 2023, and the return of astronauts to the lunar surfac...
NASA is preparing for a critical test of its next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System, ahead of the Artemis-1 launch this spring. Artemisrefers to NASA's program to return humans to the moon by 2025, and this time the plan will be to build a sustainable presence on the moon...
14. The 69-minute launch window will open at 12:07 a.m. Eastern time. Artemis I is an uncrewed test flight that will launch the agency's Space Launch System and send its Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back to Earth. The new date comes after the megarocket's liftoff has been...
NASA’sSpace Launch System(SLS) is a powerful rocket system designed to enable exploration far into the solar system. The rocket isintended to send Artemis 1—along with the first woman and first person of color lunar explorer—to the moon by 2024. ...
Relive NASA’s debut launch of its mighty SLS rocket on second anniversary Earlier this year, NASA announced it was pushing the launch date of Artemis II from November 2024 to September 2025, and at the time, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that, “Safety is our top priority,” and tha...
NASA announced today that the Artemis II mission that was to launch this year and send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in five decades is being delayed to September 2025. Artemis III, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface, similarly is delayed for about a year, fro...