Artemis 2is an eight-day mission that will send three NASA astronauts and one Canadian Space Agency astronaut around the moon on a free-return trajectory. It is the last test flight before theArtemis 3crewed moon landing mission in 2025. See our complete coverage of the Artemis 2 mission bel...
As part of preparations for the lunar landing, NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug Wheelock recently tested a mockup of an elevator concept featuring a full-scale basket section with functioning mechanical assemblies and crew interfaces. The exercise allowed the pair to test the functionality of th...
Without new international agreements, the norms governing lunar archaeology are likely to remain vague. The Lunar X Prize rules state that an entrant must get approval for a landing site and "exercise appropriate caution with regard to the possibility of landing on or near sites of historic ...
NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on January 23. As part of training for their mission around the Moon next yea...
"NASA is constantly looking for ways to get work done more efficiently so that we can get astronauts landing on the Moon by 2024," said Ben Birkenstock, the SLS stages vehicle assembly lead at NASA, in a statement.
The moon from Apollo 11 NASA The moon from Apollo 11 On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin made history by landing on the moon while pilot Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit. While returning home on July 21, the crew captured this picture of the full...
The moon from Apollo 11 NASA The moon from Apollo 11 On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin made history by landing on the moon while pilot Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit. While returning home on July 21, the crew captured this picture of the full...
The moon from Apollo 11 NASA The moon from Apollo 11 On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin made history by landing on the moon while pilot Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit. While returning home on July 21, the crew captured this picture of the full...
Astrobotic is also working on a lander called Griffin Mission One, which was originally intended to deliver VIPER to the moon’s surface, and will now fly without the rover. NASA said that the contract with Astrobotic will continue, and that the launch and landing of the mission will be an...
Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, participates in a simulation of deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the moon during a training exercise in Building 9 on April 22, 1969. Armstrong is the commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. In the background is a...