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NASA’s Orion Capsule Comes Within 81 Miles of the Moon
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA’s Orion Capsule Comes Within 81 Miles of the Moon

[ad_1] NASA’s new Orion crew capsule came within 81 miles of the lunar surface Monday. NASA's new Orion crew capsule came within 81 miles of the lunar surface Monday. Its path also took the spacecraft over the Apollo 11 landing site, Tranquility Base, where astronauts first landed on the moon in 1969.The flyby occurred after Orion ignited its main engine for 2 1/2 minutes, a critical maneuver that put the vehicle on course to enter the moon's orbit later this week.  The lunar approach is part of NASA's Artemis I mission, which launched from Florida early on Nov. 16. The flight is the first major mission in the space agency's Artemis program, which aims to send the first woman and the first person of color to the moon. No astronauts are on board Orion. Artemis I is testing the hardware...
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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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NASA Artemis program: Humanity’s Baby Steps From Moon And On To Mars
15Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA Artemis program: Humanity’s Baby Steps From Moon And On To Mars

[ad_1] The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars. The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars.Twelve men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972 and one of the goals of Artemis is to put the first woman and person of color on the lunar surface. The first test flight of an uncrewed Artemis rocket is to take place on Wednesday. The name Artemis was chosen to echo that of the Apollo program.Artemis, in Greek mythology, was the twin sister of Apollo and a goddess associated with the Moon.Here is an overview of the Artemis program:- Artemis 1: test flight -Artemis 1 is a test flight of the 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket and the Ori...
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Hurricane threat prompts NASA to delay next launch attempt of moon rocket
9Nov By adminNo Comments
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Hurricane threat prompts NASA to delay next launch attempt of moon rocket

[ad_1] NASA will batten down its big new moon rocket on the launch pad to ride out a hurricane expected to hit near Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA will batten down its big new moon rocket on the launch pad to ride out a hurricane expected to hit near Cape Canaveral, Florida, and its targeted liftoff time next week has been postponed by two days, the U.S. space agency said on Monday. Kennedy Space Center lies near the middle of a 240-mile stretch of Florida's Atlantic shore, where forecasters say Tropical Storm Nicole is most likely to strike Wednesday night or early Thursday as a category 1 hurricane. As of Tuesday night, Nicole was packing maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour (100 kph) and gaining force as it headed for the northern Bahamas en route to Florida, the Miami-...
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Awful! Big setback for NASA on Artemis 1 Moon mission
25Sep By adminNo Comments
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Awful! Big setback for NASA on Artemis 1 Moon mission

[ad_1] NASA has again halted the launch of the 32-story Artemis 1 rocket due to the extreme weather conditions. NASA was all set to launch its Artemis-1 moon mission in its third attempt on September 27. But here again, ahead of the launch, NASA has been forced to scrap this opportunity and remove the rocket from the launch pad, and rolled it back into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) due to the weather issues following the arrival of Tropical Storm Ian in the region. Earlier, there was a leak of liquid hydrogen propellant at an interface between the SLS core stage and the rocket's mobile launch tower on September 3 which postponed the launch to another date. However, scientists have fixed the issue. “NASA is foregoing a ...
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Who wants to go to the moon? Europe names astronaut candidates
22Sep By adminNo Comments
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Who wants to go to the moon? Europe names astronaut candidates

[ad_1] The European Space Agency announced a team of seven astronauts on Wednesday to train for NASA's Artemis mission to the moon. The European Space Agency announced a team of seven astronauts on Wednesday to train for NASA's Artemis mission to the moon -- but only one will have the chance to become the first European to walk on the lunar surface.The candidates -- France's Thomas Pesquet, Britain's Tim Peake, Germany's Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer, Italy's Luca Parmitano and Samantha Cristoforetti, and Denmark's Andreas Mogensen -- have all completed at least one mission on board the International Space Station. Between them, the team has the equivalent of 4.5 years in orbit and 98 hours of spacewalking, ESA communic...
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A new space race? China adds urgency to US return to moon
15Sep By adminNo Comments
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A new space race? China adds urgency to US return to moon

[ad_1] Rivalry with China's flourishing space program is helping drive NASA’s effort to get back into space in a bigger way, as both nations push to put people back on the moon and establish the first lunar bases. It's not just rocket fuel propelling America's first moonshot after a half-century lull. Rivalry with China's flourishing space program is helping drive NASA's effort to get back into space in a bigger way, as both nations push to put people back on the moon and establish the first lunar bases. American intelligence, military and political leaders make clear they see a host of strategic challenges to the U.S. in China's space program, in an echo of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry that prompted the 1960s' race to the moon...
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NASA Artemis 1 mission to the Moon | EXPLAINED
4Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA Artemis 1 mission to the Moon | EXPLAINED

[ad_1] The meticulously choreographed NASA Artemis 1 mission to the moon should yield spectacular images as well as valuable scientific data. NASA's Artemis 1 mission is a 42-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....
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Five Things to Know Ahead of NASA’s Second Moon Launch Try
3Sep By adminNo Comments
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Five Things to Know Ahead of NASA’s Second Moon Launch Try

[ad_1] NASA is attempting to send into space a new rocket for the second time this week, to kick off its ambitious Artemis moon program. For the second time this week, NASA is attempting to send into space a new rocket to kick off its ambitious Artemis moon program, with the aim of returning people to the lunar surface by as early as 2025. Anticipation is high for Saturday's launch following an initial attempt on Monday.Here's what you need to know ahead of launch:The Artemis MissionArtemis I is set for launch at 2:17 p.m. Eastern time when a massive rocket is scheduled to carry aloft an an uncrewed capsule in a test flight critical for advancing NASA's goals of establishing a sustainable presence on the lunar surface and eve...
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Fuel leak disrupts NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket
3Sep By adminNo Comments
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Fuel leak disrupts NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

[ad_1] For the second time this week, the launch team began loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA. NASA's new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. For the second time this week, the launch team began loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA. Monday's attempt was halted by a bad engine sensor and leaking fuel. As the sun rose, an over-pressure alarm sounded and the tanking operation was briefly halted, but no damage occurred and the effort resum...
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