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What will the Artemis Moon base look like?
5May By adminNo Comments
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What will the Artemis Moon base look like?

[ad_1] The next time NASA goes to the Moon, it intends to stay.But building a lunar base is no small feat. It will need power generators, vehicles and habitats, and the space industry is racing to meet the technological challenges. "It's the Super Bowl of engineering," Neal Davis, lead systems engineer for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle at space company Dynetics, told AFP. Dynetics revealed its prototype design for a Moon rover last month at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.But it probably won't be until later Artemis missions -- 7 onwards -- "where we're starting to look at adding permanent habitations on the surface," said NASA associate administrator Jim Free.Artemis 3, the first planned landing, won't happen until later this decade, so habitat building wouldn't start before the 20...
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NASA’s 1st moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman, 3 men
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NASA’s 1st moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman, 3 men

[ad_1] NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men.The three Americans and one Canadian were introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation's astronauts as well as Mission Control. “This is humanity's crew,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA's Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than late 2024. They will not land or even go into lunar orbit, but rather fly around the moon and head straight back to Earth, a prelude to a lunar landing by two others a year later.The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, will be joined by Victor Glover, an African American naval aviator; Christina Koch, who...
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NASA Names Astronauts to Circle the Moon on Artemis II Mission
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NASA Names Astronauts to Circle the Moon on Artemis II Mission

[ad_1] NASA tapped astronauts Christina Koch and Victor Glover for a team of four people to ride around the moon on the Artemis II crewed mission next year.The pair will be joined by Canadian Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman on the flight, the space agency said Monday at an event in Houston. Wiseman, the former chief of the astronaut office, will be Artemis II's commander. Koch, who was previously part of NASA's all-women spacewalk, will be the first woman to go to deep space. Glover, the ship's pilot, will be the first person of color. The announcement brings NASA a step closer to a mission that will return humans to the vicinity of the moon for the first time since the Apollo program roughly five decades ago. Through Artemis, NASA plans to land the first woman, the first person of color...
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NASA to reveal crew for 2024 flight around the Moon
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NASA to reveal crew for 2024 flight around the Moon

[ad_1] NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts -- three Americans and a Canadian -- who will fly around the Moon next year, a prelude to returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in a half century.The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to take place in November 2024 with the four-person crew circling the Moon but not landing on it. As part of the Artemis program, NASA aims to send astronauts to the Moon in 2025 -- more than five decades after the historic Apollo missions ended in 1972. Besides putting the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, the US space agency hopes to establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface and eventually launch a voyage to Mars.NASA administrator Bill Nelson said this week at a "What's Next Summit" hosted by...
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Biden’s NASA Budget Request Gives Boost to Artemis Moon-Return Program
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Biden’s NASA Budget Request Gives Boost to Artemis Moon-Return Program

[ad_1] The Biden administration is requesting $27.2 billion for NASA for its 2024 budget, with substantial funding for the space agency's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon this decade. The amount, released as part of the White House's “skinny budget” request for the federal government on Thursday, is $1.8 billion more than Congress granted NASA in its 2023 budget. The skinny budget, which outlines the president's spending priorities, contained limited details. Roughly $8.1 billion of the requested budget would go toward continued funding and development of the suite of vehicles and infrastructure that make up NASA's Artemis program, according to the White House. That includes the agency's newest deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System, built by Boeing Co....
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Artemis III: First ever manned mission to Moon’s South Pole-Step-by-step details by NASA
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Artemis III: First ever manned mission to Moon’s South Pole-Step-by-step details by NASA

[ad_1] NASA will make history by sending the first humans to explore the region near the lunar South Pole with its Artemis III mission, which is currently planned for 2025. Now humans will be able to land on the Moon! Humans have always been drawn to explore, discover, and learn about our world, and other worlds around us. For the benefit of all humanity, NASA and its partners will land the first woman and first person of colour on the surface of the Moon with Artemis III. Following two Artemis test missions, Artemis III, currently planned for 2025, will mark humanity's first return to the lunar surface in more than 50 years. NASA will make history by sending the first humans to explore the region near the lunar South Pole. NASA's Orion spacecraftNASA's Orion spacecraft wil...
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NASA Moon mission ‘exceeding’ expectations
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NASA Moon mission ‘exceeding’ expectations

[ad_1] The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years -- the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972. On the third day after lifting off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion spacecraft is "exceeding performance expectations," NASA officials said on Friday.The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years -- the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972. This first test flight, without a crew on board, aims to ensure that the vehicle is safe. "Today we met to review the Orion spacecraft performance... it is exceeding performance expectations," said Mike Sarafin, head of the Artemis 1 mission.The spacecraft's four solar panels, about 13 feet (four meters) long, deployed correctly a...
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NASA Moon Mission: Blastoff, crew, trajectory to trip home
15Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA Moon Mission: Blastoff, crew, trajectory to trip home

[ad_1] NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Wednesday, is a 25-and-a-half day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back. NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Wednesday, is a 25-and-a-half day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back.The meticulously choreographed uncrewed flight should yield spectacular images as well as valuable scientific data. - Blastoff -The giant Space Launch System rocket will make its maiden flight from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its four RS-25 engines, with two white boosters on either side, will produce 8.8 million pounds (39 meganewtons) of thrust -- 15 percent more than the Apollo program's Saturn V rocket.After two minutes, the thrusters will fall back into the Atlantic Ocean.After eight ...
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Shocking! FIRE breaks out near explosive NASA Artemis 1 moon rocket
29Sep By adminNo Comments
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Shocking! FIRE breaks out near explosive NASA Artemis 1 moon rocket

[ad_1] 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 veh...
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NASA preparing for cryogenic test of Artemis 1 moon rocket!
19Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA preparing for cryogenic test of Artemis 1 moon rocket!

[ad_1] NASA is planning to conduct a cryogenic demonstration test by loading cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the Space Launch System (SLS) ahead of launch. NASA is preparing to launch Artemis 1 on September 27. However, the US space agency will conduct a cryogenic test of Artemis 1 ahead of the launch to confirm that the fuel leak has been resolved. The fuel test of its Artemis 1 moon rocket will be conducted on Wednesday Sept. 21. “Teams will test adding super-cooled fuel to the #Artemis I rocket on Sept. 21 to confirm repairs to an interface for this flight test around the Moon. @NASAArtemis leaders will preview the test in a teleconference on Sept. 19 at 11:30am ET (15:30 UTC): https://go.nasa.gov/3eQf3fL,” t...
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