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Artist’s Concepts Depict SpaceX’s Starship HLS en route to the Moon for NASA Artemis

By |2024-11-20T19:09:27-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

These artist’s concepts show SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) in operation on its journey to the Moon. Before astronauts launch in NASA’s Orion spacecraft atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, SpaceX will launch a storage depot to Earth orbit. For Artemis III and Artemis IV, SpaceX plans to complete propellant loading operations [...]

Artist’s Concepts Depict SpaceX’s Starship HLS en route to the Moon for NASA Artemis

By |2024-11-20T19:09:26-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

These artist’s concepts show SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) in operation on its journey to the Moon. Before astronauts launch in NASA’s Orion spacecraft atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, SpaceX will launch a storage depot to Earth orbit. For Artemis III and Artemis IV, SpaceX plans to complete propellant loading operations [...]

Artist’s Concepts Depict SpaceX’s Starship HLS on the Moon for NASA Artemis

By |2024-11-20T19:09:07-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

These artist’s concepts show SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the Moon. NASA is working with SpaceX to develop Starship HLS to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back for Artemis III and Artemis IV as part of the agency’s Artemis campaign. At about 165 feet (50 m), Starship HLS [...]

This November, Celebrate National Scholarship Month With SWE’s Scholarship Recipients

By |2024-11-19T12:29:00-05:00November 19th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Every November, National Scholarship Month applauds the accomplishments of scholarship recipients and the organizations that help them on their journey to turn their dreams to reality.

Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory

By |2024-11-19T08:09:06-05:00November 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What's happening with these clouds? While it may seem that these long and thin clouds are pointing toward the top of a hill, and that maybe a world-famous observatory is located there, only part of that is true. In terms of clouds, the formation is a chance superposition of impressively [...]

Artemis II Orion Lift to Vac Chamber

By |2024-11-18T19:09:24-05:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A massive crane lifts NASA’s Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moves it to the altitude chamber to complete further testing on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The altitude chamber simulates deep space vacuum [...]

Artemis II Orion Lift to Vac Chamber

By |2024-11-18T19:09:23-05:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A technician connects support straps to a crane as it prepares to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and Systems Testing cell to the altitude chamber inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. The altitude chamber simulates deep [...]

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