You can send your name around the moon on NASA's Artemis 1 mission, an uncrewed flight that's scheduled to launch in May or June. Just sign up for a free "boarding pass" atthis NASA page— that's all there is to it! Read morehere. March 15, 2022 at 2:06 AM Artemis 1 rollout...
The Soviet Lunar program had 20 successful missions to the Moon and achieved a number of notable lunar "firsts": first probe to impact the Moon, first flyby and image of the lunar farside, first soft landing, first lunar orbiter, and the first circumlunar probe to return to Earth. The ...
Charlie explains how returning to the Moon and going on to Mars raised concerns that funding would shift to human space flight at the expense of science missions. He also describes initial skepticism that the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was a good idea. Charlie has some interesting thoughts on the...
California - engineers re-install the cover to the remote sensing mast (RSM) head after integration of two Mastcam-Z high-definition cameras that will go on the Mars 2020 rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
to the entire surface of the Moon. It will also enable the Gateway to serve as a mobile command and service module byproviding a communications relay for human androbotic expeditions to the lunar surface. “This is a critical capability for not just a sustainable lunar return, but also aneve...
return to Earth by subsequent missions. Mars 2020 will also be the first spacecraft in the history of planetary exploration with the ability to accurately retarget its point of touchdown during the landing sequence—technology that could prove essential to future crewed missions to the Moon and ...
The agency advanced plans to explore more of the Moon throughArtemis, pledging to send the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface. To pave the way for future lunar missions with crew, NASAcompleted stackingof its Space Launch System rocket, with its O...
to the entire surface of the Moon. It will also enable the Gateway to serve as a mobile command and service module byproviding a communications relay for human androbotic expeditions to the lunar surface. “This is a critical capability for not just a sustainable lunar return, but also aneve...
return to Earth by subsequent missions. Mars 2020 will also be the first spacecraft in the history of planetary exploration with the ability to accurately retarget its point of touchdown during the landing sequence—technology that could prove essential to future crewed missions to the Moon and ...