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The latest updates from deep space missions, planetary defense, and scientific breakthroughs across the cosmos.
ArtemisAround the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion
Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1, will be the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide …
ArtemisScientists Share Ideas for Gateway Activities Near the Moon
NASA is looking at how the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway can create value for both robotic and human exploration in deep space. In late 2017, the agency asked the global science community to submit ideas leveraging the gateway in lunar orbit to advance scientific discoveries in a wide range of fields. NASA received more than 190 abstracts covering topics such as …
ArtemisOrion Crew Access Arm Installed on Mobile Launcher
By Bob Granath NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida As astronauts prepare for trips to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, their last steps before boarding an Orion spacecraft will be across a crew access arm on the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This week, the agency reached an important milestone on the path …
ArtemisVice President Pence Hosts National Space Council at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
By Bob Granath NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida Vice President Mike Pence returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 20, this time to chair a meeting of the recently re-established National Space Council. During his first trip to Kennedy on July 6, 2017, Pence spoke to center employees and toured numerous facilities …
ArtemisKennedy Space Center Director Looks Ahead to 2018 Key Milestones
By Bob Granath NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana recently spoke to spaceport employees about plans for 2018. The coming year will be highlighted by NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partners preparing to launch test flights for crewed missions to the International Space Station. “This is going to be an …
ArtemisFirst SLS Rocket Hardware Turned Over to Exploration Ground Systems at Kennedy Space Center
By Bob Granath NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida NASA recently marked another key milestone in preparation for human deep space exploration near the Moon. Officials with the Space Launch System (SLS) Spacecraft/Payload Integration and Evolution organization formally turned over processing of the rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) to the center’s Ground Systems Development and …
ArtemisFirst Four Space Launch System Flight Engines Ready To Rumble
The flight preparations for the four engines that will power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) on its first integrated flight with Orion are complete and the engines are assembled and ready to be joined to the deep space rocket’s core stage. All five structures that form the massive core stage for the rocket have been …
ArtemisNASA Completes Core Stage Hardware for First Space Launch System Flight
After completing major welding on the liquid hydrogen tank for NASA’s Space Launch System’s (SLS) first flight, all five parts of the rocket’s core stage are built and ready for additional outfitting and testing. NASA also finished manufacturing all four core stage test articles, and testing is underway on the engine section structural test article …
ArtemisNASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail
NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox, designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a full-scale solar sail deployment test at ManTech NeXolve’s facility in Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 13. The test was performed in an indoor clean room to ensure the deployment mechanism’s functionality after recent environmental testing. NEA …
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