When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A flywheel design for the Artemis 2 mission is tested during the microgravity phase of a Falcon 20 parabolic flight near Montreal, Canada. The person operating the device is Yannick Laflamme, a Canadian Space Agency exercise specialist at the… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An autonomous excavator at work in Circularity Park, on the campus of the Eberhard AG company in the municipality of Oberglatt, Switzerland. | Credit: ETH Zurich/Marc Schneider An autonomous, robotic hydraulic excavator could build a dry rock wall around… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during a high-tech run at the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. | Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarce Artemis 2 is making progress toward its lunar… Read More »
NASA has another astronaut on standby for the first manned lunar mission in more than 50 years, scheduled to launch as early as 2025. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas will serve as backup for three U.S. astronauts on the Artemis 2 lunar orbit flight, the agency announced today (July 3). Douglas will support commander Reid Wiseman,… Read More »
Charles Bolden He served as the 12th NASA Administrator, becoming only the second astronaut to hold that position. Bolden is Founder and CEO Emeritus of Charles F. Bolden Group Ambassador Stuart Holliday Following the President’s nomination and Senate confirmation, he served as U.S. Ambassador for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations (2003-2005). Holliday is… Read More »
NASA has its sights set on the Moon and aims to send astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2026 and establish a long-term presence there in the 2030s. However, the Moon is not a very habitable place for humans. Cosmic rays from distant stars and galaxies and solar-powered particles from the Sun bombard the… Read More »
Expect to wait as we develop a new kind of space mission. That was the message from three Artemis 2 astronauts who are expected to fly to the moon no later than September 2025, nearly a year later than initial expectations. A previous uncrewed mission, Artemis 1, encountered unexpected wear of the Orion spacecraft’s heat… Read More »
Earlier this year, NASA announced it was delaying the moon launch of crewed Artemis 2 until September 2025, a drill exercise in preparation for the 2026 Artemis 3 mission that will land astronauts near the moon’s south pole. One reason for the 10-month delay was getting to the bottom of the reentry heat shield data.… Read More »
NASA’s next moon buggy is starting to take shape. The agency selected three dedicated teams, led by companies Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab, respectively, to develop versions of the rover Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) that Artemis astronauts will use around the Moon’s south polar region. In 2030. “We look forward to the development… Read More »