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NASA unveils new spacesuit specially tailored for lunar wear
17Mar By adminNo Comments
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NASA unveils new spacesuit specially tailored for lunar wear

[ad_1] The big, puffy white moonsuits worn by Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo astronauts a half-century ago are out of fashion. Lunar haute couture now calls for something more form-fitting and appropriate for men and women alike.NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first prototype for a newly designed next-generation spacesuit specially tailored and accessorized for the first astronauts expected to venture back to the moon's surface in the next few years. The latest in moon-wear was displayed at the Johnson Space Center in Houston during an event hosted for the media and students by Axiom Space, the Texas-based company contracted by NASA to build suits for Artemis, successor to the Apollo moon program. The Artemis I mission, the inaugural launch of NASA's powerful next-generation rocke...
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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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NASA sticks to plan to launch Moon rocket Wednesday
12Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA sticks to plan to launch Moon rocket Wednesday

[ad_1] NASA said Friday it plans to attempt its long-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon as scheduled next Wednesday. NASA said Friday it plans to attempt its long-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon as scheduled next Wednesday, after inspections revealed only minor damage from Hurricane Nicole's passage through Florida.Jim Free, a senior official at the US space agency, told journalists there was "nothing preventing" a launch on that date, and said that NASA teams had managed to access the launch pad on Thursday. The launch of the heavy lift rocket, the most powerful ever built by contractors for NASA, is now due to take place at 01:04am local time (0604 GMT) on Wednesday, with a possible launch window of two hours. The uncrewed mission, dubbed Artemis 1, will bring the United Stat...
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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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South Africa’s new ground station to help NASA track space flights to moon and more
9Nov By adminNo Comments
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South Africa’s new ground station to help NASA track space flights to moon and more

[ad_1] A new deep-space ground station will come online by 2025 to help track history-making NASA missions to the moon and beyond. A new deep-space ground station being built in South Africa's semi-desert Karoo region will come online by 2025 to help track history-making NASA missions to the moon and beyond, space agency officials said Tuesday. Through its Artemis programme, which aims to land the first woman or person of colour on the moon by 2025, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is targeting this month for an inaugural launch of its next-generation rocket ship, delayed for weeks by technical setbacks and foul weather. "Next week we should expect to launch the first flight of Artemis," said Badri Younes, deputy associate administrator and manager at...
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NASA looks to launch Artemis lunar test flight again on November 14, 2022
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NASA looks to launch Artemis lunar test flight again on November 14, 2022

[ad_1] 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 followi...
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NASA targets November 14 for Moon rocket launch
13Oct By adminNo Comments
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NASA targets November 14 for Moon rocket launch

[ad_1] 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...
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NASA to Return Artemis Rocket to Hangar
27Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA to Return Artemis Rocket to Hangar

[ad_1] NASA will return its Artemis rocket and spacecraft to its primary hangar, ending any chance of a launch in the next several days. NASA will return its Artemis rocket and spacecraft to its primary hangar as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida, ending any chance of a launch in the next several days. The move means the next attempt to launch the already-delayed mission will likely come in late October or mid-November, according to a schedule from the US space agency. Program officials had hoped to lift off on Oct. 2 before the latest change. NASA announced the decision Monday, as the latest forecasts for Hurricane Ian didn't show improved conditions for the launch site at Kennedy Space Center on the eastern coast of Flo...
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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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NASA: Artemis 1 Mission launch on schedule for today despite lightning strikes
29Aug By adminNo Comments
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NASA: Artemis 1 Mission launch on schedule for today despite lightning strikes

[ad_1] NASA is set to launch its Artemis 1 Mission from the Kennedy Space Center today, August 29, despite lightning strikes on the launch pad yesterday. Here’s what you need to know. The launch pad of the Artemis 1 spacecraft has suffered a couple of lightning strikes yesterday, according to AP. However, the launch remains on schedule despite the weather conditions. Although 5 lightning strikes hit the lightning protection towers which surround the rocket and the spacecraft, neither of them was damaged and the launch remains on schedule. Jeff Spaulding, NASA's senior test director said, “Clearly, the system worked as designed.” Earlier this year, repairs were carried out to fix leaking valves and faulty equipment, according ...
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