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Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

By |2025-07-30T20:44:33-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson were fully suited while conducting mission-like maneuvers in the full-scale build of the Starship human landing system’s airlock which will be located inside Starship under the crew cabin. Image Credit: SpaceX

Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

By |2025-07-30T20:44:27-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Doug "Wheels" Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson were able to test the agility of the spacesuits by conducting movements and tasks similar to those necessary during lunar surface exploration on Artemis missions, such as operating the full-scale mockup of Starship’s elevator gate. Image Credit: SpaceX [...]

Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

By |2025-07-30T20:44:26-04:00July 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson prepare for a test of full-scale mockups of spacesuits developed by Axiom Space and SpaceX’s Starship human landing system developed for NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon. Image Credit: SpaceX

Artist’s Concept Portrays SpaceX’s Starship HLS with Raptor Engines for NASA Artemis

By |2024-11-20T19:09:28-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This artist’s concept portrays SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) with two Raptor engines lit, performing a braking burn prior to its Moon landing. The burn will occur after Starship HLS departs low lunar orbit to reduce the lander’s velocity prior to final descent to the lunar surface. NASA is working with SpaceX to develop [...]

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 [...]

SpaceX Starship to land NASA Astronauts on the Moon!

By |2021-04-18T20:22:15-04:00April 18th, 2021|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected #SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface. At least one of those astronauts will make [...]

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