Annoyed Jack Hathaway He had one last hurdle to overcome before becoming a NASA astronaut candidate: finding time to hear the news. Hathaway was expecting a call from NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, then chief of the astronaut office, in 2021 to see if she, too, could join the agency. But Hathaway was aboard the carrier… Read More »
In February, Uruguay became the 36th country to sign the Artemis Accords, a non-binding set of principles for initiating responsible actions on the moon. The agreements were formulated in 2020 by NASA in coordination with the US State Department. Since then, there has been a steady stream of countries signing the Artemis Accords, a set… Read More »
The full moon hangs in the same frame as Orion, inside the payload shell on the SLS rocket. Experts are now piecing together potential photo missions for NASA’s crewed Artemis 2 lunar mission, scheduled for September 2025. stuck inside Orion spacecraftThey will be launched towards the moon by NASA Space Launch System (SLS) launches the… Read More »
Spacesuits built specifically for NASA lunar astronauts could reach a major design milestone this year. Officials of Axiom Space, the company that produces spacesuits for the Artemis program, said on Monday, January 22 that the clothes can be produced as spacesuits. Get a critical design review soon. In fact, this review may take place in… Read More »
What’s happening During the four years between 1969 and 1972, 12 American astronauts walked on the moon. In the more than 50 years that followed, no man of any nation repeated this feat. The United States hopes to break that streak in the next few years through NASA’s new lunar program called Artemis. The space… Read More »
NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building stands at dusk at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in August. NASA announced Tuesday that it would delay Artemis launches to “overcome challenges.” File Photo: Joe Marino/UPI January 9 (UPI) — NASA announced Tuesday that it will delay Artemis launches to “overcome challenges” and “ensure the safety of the crew”… Read More »
A flight will be sent on NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission four astronauts Travel around the Moon and back to the Moon has been delayed by nearly a year, from late 2024 to at least September 2025, NASA announced Tuesday. Likewise, the first landings of astronauts on the moon are shifting from late 2025 to… Read More »
2023 has been a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the moon’s south pole, and 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space exploration. Many new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will… Read More »