NASA’s Artemis program faces many challenges to overcome to achieve its goal of landing humans on the Moon in 2024. There are the myriad technical problems that have already occurred, and will likely continue to crop up in the coming years as NASA completes development of the Space Launch Sy...
NASA announced in January it waspushing back Artemis III at least a yearto 2026, in large part because of Starship's lag in progress. For the SpaceX spacecraft to reach the moon, it will needto refuel in low-Earth orbitfrom a space tanker, something never done before. ...
Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of a launch abort scenario and electromagnetic effects of lightning strikes.Space If you have a...
In January 2019, NASA captured an image of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf as it neared a substantial break that will release an iceberg twice the size of New York City. The crack, at the top right of the image, is called the “Halloween crack,” as it first appeared in October 2016. ...
How President Trump could change NASAThe new Trump administration could upend NASA's priorities, reshaping the Artemis moon program, climate science funding and the role of commercial space players.Space Victoria Principal Is Almost 75, See Her NowReporter Center| Sponsored A 'giant' rising in the...
Starship is the centerpiece of Musk's eventual plans to head to Mars. While the spacecraft remains in early testing, it is NASA's choice of lander to send Artemis astronauts to the moon no earlier than 2025. Musk's hopes of flying to Mars are undimmed. In 2011, he revealed that he ...
But how will space food change as NASA plans to return to the moon with the Artemis program and to Mars, aided by the efforts of space agencies and commercial space companies? Will astronauts on these longer-duration missions require different types of food, or will their meals require special...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon that will launch the private orbital spaceflight dubbed Inspiration4, as seen during launch preparations.(Image credit: SpaceX) The launch took place from NASA's historic Launch Complex 39A atKennedy Space Centerin Florida on Sept. 14. SpaceX leases...