The Artemis 2 moon crew during a launch simulation at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 20, 2023. They stand on the crew access arm at Launch 39B, which will one day bring them to the waiting Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. From left: NASA astronaut and pilot Victor...
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A full moon sets behind NASA's Space Launch System rocket atop pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. On Saturday, NASA started a two-day dress-rehearsal countdown and fueling test to clear the way for an unpiloted flight beyond the moon and back late this summer.William Harwood/CBS News L...
NASA is conducting one of the last major tests of its new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft before its first uncrewed mission to the moon.
During the countdown, managers took time to discuss a problemcaused by Hurricane Nicolewhen the rocket was out on the launchpad during the storm. Some room-temperature vulcanizing material (RTV) – or silicone caulking – came loose off the base of the Orion spacecraft during the storm. The...
The launch used a Falcon 9 rocket and took off from Launch Complex 39A, overseen from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Control Center Firing Room 4. This is the same location which oversaw the countdown and liftoff of the most recent 15 space shuttle missions. The aim of the launc...
But back it will go. NASAmission managers announcedthey would begin moving the rocket back at 11 p.m. ET Monday,delaying another launchattempt for weeks. (The Kennedy Space Center continues to provide a live video feed of the rocket at the launchpad, as seen above.) ...
Mother Nature appears to be on SpaceX’s side today. The launch teams just finished the initial “go/no-go” poll, and it’s all systems go. There was questionable weather earlier in the day. But as the launch controllers checked in before fueling the rocket, weather officials said th...
Mother Nature appears to be on SpaceX’s side today. The launch teams just finished the initial “go/no-go” poll, and it’s all systems go. There was questionable weather earlier in the day. But as the launch controllers checked in before fueling the rocket, weather officials said th...