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6Dec By adminNo Comments
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NASA capsule flies over Apollo landing sites, heads home

NASA's Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon Monday, flying over a couple Apollo landing sites before heading home. Orion will aim for a Pacific splashdown Sunday off San Diego, setting the stage for astronauts on the next flight in a couple years. The capsule passed within 80 miles (130 kilometers) of the far side of the moon, using the lunar gravity as a slingshot for the 237,000-mile (380,000-kilometer) ride back to Earth. It spent a week in a wide, sweeping lunar orbit. Once emerging from behind the moon and regaining communication with flight controllers in Houston, Orion beamed back photos of a close-up moon and a crescent Earth — Earthrise — in the distance. “Orion now has its sights set on home," said Mission Control commentator Sandr...
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26Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA’s Orion capsule enters far-flung orbit around moon

NASA’s Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday, as it neared the halfway mark of its test flight. NASA's Orion capsule entered an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles around the moon Friday, as it neared the halfway mark of its test flight. The capsule and its three test dummies entered lunar orbit more than a week after launching on the $4 billion demo that's meant to pave the way for astronauts. It will remain in this broad but stable orbit for nearly a week, completing just half a lap before heading home. As of Friday's engine firing, the capsule was 238,000 miles (380,000 kilometers) from Earth. It's expected to reach a maximum distance of almost 270,000 miles (432,000 kilometers) in a few days. That will set a new d...
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16Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA Launches Massive Artemis I Rocket in First Step Toward Return to Moon

NASA launched its most powerful rocket in 50 years early Wednesday, sending an uncrewed capsule skyward on a 25-day mission to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth. NASA launched its most powerful rocket in 50 years early Wednesday, sending an uncrewed capsule skyward on a 25-day mission to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth.The agency's Space Launch System rocket, with an Orion capsule perched atop it, cleared its Kennedy Space Center launchpad on the Florida coast just after takeoff at 1:48 a.m. local time, its four main engines and twin solid boosters lighting up the night sky.  The mission, called Artemis I, marks the inaugural flight of both the SLS rocket and the Orion crew capsule. And it kicks off NASA's multi-mission Artemis program, which is focused on sending a...
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5Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA Moon rocket rolled out to Kennedy Space Center launch pad

NASA rolled out its largest-ever rocket to a launch pad in Florida on Friday and will try to launch again 10 days from now. NASA rolled out its largest-ever rocket to a launch pad in Florida on Friday and will try again 10 days from now to blast off on a much-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon. After two launch attempts were scrubbed this summer because of technical problems, the rocket returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building to protect it from Hurricane Ian. The US space agency used the time to carry out minor repairs and to recharge the batteries that power systems on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The SLS rocket's four-mile (six-kilometer) journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B took nearly nine hours, NASA said. T...
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13Oct By adminNo Comments
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NASA looks to launch Artemis lunar test flight again on November 14, 2022

NASA has targeted Nov. 14 for a third attempt to launch its big, next-generation rocketship, the U.S. space agency said. NASA has targeted Nov. 14 for a third attempt to launch its big, next-generation rocketship, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday, after weeks of technical setbacks and foul weather delayed the uncrewed inaugural Artemis mission to the moon. Plans call for rolling the 32-story-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion capsule back out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as early as Friday, Nov. 4 to renew final flight preparations. Safety regulations and deteriorating weather conditions spawned by Hurricane Ian had forced the space agency to return the towering rocketship to its hangar last month following two...
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13Oct By adminNo Comments
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NASA targets November 14 for Moon rocket launch

NASA said it would try again to launch its mega Moon rocket on November 14 with backup dates later in the week. NASA said Wednesday it would try again to launch its mega Moon rocket on November 14 with backup dates later in the week.The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission has previously been delayed due to technical issues, including gas leaks, and later by Hurricane Ian which hammered Florida. "Inspections and analyses over the previous week have confirmed minimal work is required to prepare the rocket and spacecraft to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center," the space agency wrote in a blog post. A 69-minute launch window will open at 12:07 am Eastern Time (0407 GMT), with backup dates on November 16 at 1:04 am and November 19 at 1:45 am.Fifty years after the last mission of th...
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29Sep By adminNo Comments
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Shocking! FIRE breaks out near explosive NASA Artemis 1 moon rocket

After so many setbacks, a fearsome emergency has hit NASA Artemis 1 moon rocket- fire. NASA removed Artemis 1 moon rocket from its launch pad for safety as the weather forecast indicated the horrifyingly strong Hurricane Ian's arrival. Team members operating Artemis 1 rolled the stack from Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch Pad 39B to the facility's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). As reported by Space.com, Artemis 1 completed the nearly 10-hour trip to the VAB at about 9:15 a.m. EDT (1315 GMT) on Sept. 27. However, the emergency for NASA Artemis 1 moon rocket escalated as a fire broke out inside the building. "Employees were evacuated, and there are no reported injuries. The VAB is fire safe, and the Artemis 1 vehicle w...
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8Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA Could Attempt Moon Launch On September 23

Two previous attempts were cancelled.(File)Washington: NASA is looking at September 23 and September 27 as possible dates for its next attempt at launching its Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, senior official Jim Free told reporters Thursday.Two previous attempts were cancelled after the rocket experienced technical glitches including a fuel leak.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Source link
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4Sep By adminNo Comments
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Artemis 1: Here’s what needs to go right

Artemis 1: maiden flight of spacecraft set to take humans back to the Moon – here’s what needs to go right A launch window – the period during which a rocket must be launched to reach its destination – opens on August 29 for the first flight to the Moon since 1972 by a spacecraft designed to carry humans there. If all goes well, the Artemis project will be on track to meet its goal of putting humans back on the Moon in 2025.Project Artemis, the namesake of the sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology, is designed to establish a long-term human presence on our nearest celestial neighbour, and to ultimately explore even further afield. Artemis 1 is the first of several missions. It consists of Nasa's ne...
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