NASA’s acting inspector general, Georga A. Scott has released new Artemis II report meant to look at just how ready NASA is for the upcoming space mission set to launch next year. According to the new report, the Orion heat shield issues that NASA talked about last year are a huge cause for concern. This …
Three companies are vying for the opportunity to send their own lunar vehicle to the moon to support NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions. The this week that it’s chosen Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab to develop their lunar terrain vehicles (LTV) in a feasibility study over the next year. After that, only one is …
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign to return humans to the Moon for the benefit of all, the agency is working with SpaceX to develop the company’s Starship human landing system (HLS), which will land astronauts near the Moon’s South Pole during the Artemis III and Artemis IV missions. On March 14, SpaceX launched the …
Earlier this month, NASA announced that Artemis II, the upcoming mission to send four astronauts around the moon, would face a delay. The launch, which was originally slated to come in 2024, was pushed back to 2025, inevitably delaying Artemis III as well, which will mark humanity’s return to the Moon for the first time …
Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, now 73, believes he can do NASA’s return to the Moon better. While speaking to a House subcommittee this month, Griffin told the committee that he believes NASA should do an Artemis reboot and get rid of all the commercial plans that it currently involves. Artemis is one of NASA’s …
The original plan to launch NASA’s Artemis II mission this year has seen some changes, the agency announced today. Instead of launching in 2024 as NASA had planned, Artemis II won’t launch until September 2025 at the earliest, delaying each of the subsequent Artemis missions. The Artemis II delay is huge news, as Artemis II …
NASA’s Artemis I mission is well behind us, with the Orion space capsule showcasing its abilities as a long-distance spacecraft. The next step of the process will see NASA sending the capsule around the Moon with four astronauts aboard. The success of this mission will no doubt help determine whether or not future Artemis missions …
New reports have surfaced that suggest the United States and Japan are currently in talks to include a Japanese astronaut on a future Artemis mission. The U.S.-led exploration program would act as a stepping stone for Japan’s first moon astronaut, giving Japan a huge leap forward in terms of its space exploration efforts. Sources told …
NASA’s Artemis missions are aiming to put humanity back on the moon within the next couple of years with Artemis III. But the U.S. Vice President, Kamala Harris, doesn’t want to stop there. She says that the Artemis program will land an international astronaut on the moon before the end of the decade. Harris reiterated …
It has been a year since NASA’s Orion spacecraft reentered the atmosphere after completing a 1.4 million-mile journey around the moon. To celebrate the completion of this historic mission, NASA has released a new reentry video showing exactly what the spacecraft saw on its way back down to Earth’s surface. NASA shared the video on …