Artemis

NASA’s 1st Artemis moon landing will likely slip another year to 2026

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NASA’s first crewed landing of the Artemis program will see boots on the moon no earlier now than 2026, the agency’s inspector general said.  NASA Inspector General Paul Martin delivered the news to lawmakers during a House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday (March 1) as part of a larger update on the Artemis … Read more

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission, 1st flight of new megarocket, won’t launch until May

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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission may end up being a summertime affair. An April launch is no longer possible for Artemis 1, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon using a huge Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket, agency officials said today (Feb. 24). And May could be difficult to hit as well. … Read more

NASA will update us all on its Artemis 1 moon mission Thursday. Here’s how to follow it live.

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NASA will give an update about its Artemis 1 moon mission on Thursday (Feb. 24), and you can tune in. Artemis 1 will be the first-ever launch of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket. The mission will send an uncrewed Orion capsule around the moon, to ensure that the SLS-Orion duo is ready to … Read more

Watch NASA’s huge SLS rocket for the Artemis 1 moon mission come together in this epic time-lapse video

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We love it when a rocket comes together. In October 2021, NASA finished stacking the huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for its Artemis 1 moon mission inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. That was a big milestone for the agency and its moon-exploration plans, and a newly … Read more

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission rocket faces new delays

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NASA’s first Artemis moon mission will have to wait to launch.  The rollout for the agency’s Artemis 1 mission, the first flight of its Artemis program that will ultimately return humans to the moon, has been pushed back. NASA announced Wednesday (Feb. 2) that the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion capsule won’t … Read more

Fisher debuts Artemis, Moonwalker space pens for return to moon

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Fisher Space Pen is ready for NASA’s next missions to the moon, 50 years after its writing instruments were used by astronauts on the lunar surface. The Nevada-based, family-run company has introduced its new Artemis Space Pen series, as well as a special edition of its original model space pen that made history on NASA’s … Read more

NASA delays rollout of Artemis 1 moon mission’s SLS megarocket until March. Hear why today.

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NASA won’t roll its first moon-bound megarocket out to the launch pad any earlier than March, again delaying the launch of its Artemis 1 mission. Agency officials will discuss the decision during a news conference Wednesday (Feb. 2) at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT); NASA will broadcast audio of the event on NASA TV and … Read more

Israel signs Artemis accords for moon exploration

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Israel has signed the Artemis Accords to deepen its existing lunar collaborations with NASA, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday (Jan. 26). Israel Space Agency Director General Uri Oron signed the document during a ceremony Jan. 26 in Tel Aviv, pledging more support for the international Artemis program that aims to return humans to … Read more

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission explained in photos

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(Image credit: NASA via collectSPACE.com) While Artemis 1 will be uncrewed, it plans to carry several mannequin-type devices to test out how the lunar environment will affect humans.  One example is “Commander Moonikin Campos,” named after Apollo 13 engineer Arturo Campos in a NASA contest. Campos will fly in the commander’s seat and wear an … Read more