Artemis

It’s rolling! NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission begins journey to the launch pad

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Watch it go! NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission is on its way to the launch pad. NASA’s iconic crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2, or “the crawler”) vehicle is on its way to Pad 39B here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), carrying the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion spacecraft that … Read more

Artemis 1 moon rocket rollout: Meet the NASA machine doing the heavy lifting

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When NASA rolls its Artemis 1 moon mission out to the launch pad today (March 17), most eyes will be on the giant rocket gearing up for its first-ever flight. But the machine carrying it deserves some attention, too, for it’s a marvel in its own right. On Artemis 1, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) … Read more

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The first mission in NASA’s Artemis moon program is set to roll out to the launch pad today (March 17).  More than 50 years after NASA landed the first humans on the moon with Apollo 11, the agency is gearing up to launch its next human lunar missions as part of … Read more

All systems go for Thursday rollout of NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission

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The rollout for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is right on track for this Thursday (March 17), agency officials said today (March 14).  In just a few days, NASA’s immense Crawler-Transporter 2 vehicle will carry the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion spacecraft on a 4-mile (6.4 kilometers) journey to Pad 39B at NASA’s … Read more

NASA’s cracking open a vintage Apollo 17 moon rock sample for Artemis prep

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Nearly 50 years after Apollo 17 astronauts collected rocks from the lunar surface, NASA is finally tapping their samples as it prepares for new missions to the moon. NASA set aside the Apollo 17 moon rock samples to preserve the precious samples collected in 1972 by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt (also a geologist) … Read more

‘The Crawler’ is on the move ahead of Artemis 1 rocket rollout

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Everybody’s favorite giant rocket truck is back in action.  Today (March 11), NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) vehicle began to slowly “crawl” its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it will pick up the agency’s Space Launch System megarocket and Orion spacecraft. The pair are set to launch … Read more

NASA gearing up for rollout of Artemis 1 mission next week

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Teams are starting to retract the “kitchen drawer” platforms surrounding the first rocket that will launch a NASA Artemis mission toward the moon. Retracting the platforms surrounding the huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida is a key step to safely sending the rocket and spacecraft to the … Read more

Romania signs the Artemis Accords for space exploration cooperation

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The country of Romania has signed the Artemis Accords, becoming the 16th nation to join the NASA-led project for cooperation in space.  Romanian Space Agency President and CEO Marius-Ioan Piso signed the accords for peaceful exploration of the moon and space on Tuesday (March 1) during a virtual ceremony at the country’s Ministry of Foreign … Read more

Lego rolls out Artemis toy sets ahead of new NASA moon missions

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Lego rolled out its version of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) on Tuesday (March 1), two weeks before the space agency was scheduled to do the same with the real moon-bound rocket. The toy company released the SLS and three other sets inspired by NASA’s Artemis program as part of an expansion to its long-running … Read more