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NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Resource Reel – June 2024

By |2024-07-08T17:09:27-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This resource reel shows major milestones for NASA’s mega Moon rocket, the SLS (Space Launch System) from fall 2023 through early 2024. Teams across the country are manufacturing, building, and preparing hardware for SLS rockets that will power the first crewed Artemis missions with Artemis II and III and the first flights of SLS in [...]

Space Lobster News Brief: May 19, 2024

By |2024-05-21T21:00:12-04:00May 19th, 2024|Categories: Podcast Episodes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This episode, we cover Blue Origin’s New Shepard crewed flight, Boeing’s Starliner delay, and SpaceX’s reusability milestone. Get the latest on Blue Origin’s return to crewed missions, Boeing’s technical challenges, and SpaceX’s record-breaking Falcon 9 launches. Stay updated with the latest space news and subscribe for more!

Artemis I Launches to the Moon (Official NASA Recap)

By |2024-04-03T12:09:04-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis I mission lifted off on Nov. 16, 2022 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B. This video includes highlights from the event. With 8.8 million pounds of thrust, the Space Launch System (SLS), is NASA’s most powerful rocket. It will send the uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond the Moon, 280,000 miles from Earth, farther [...]

Highlights From the First 13 Days of NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission

By |2024-04-03T12:08:54-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, Artemis I reached the halfway point of its 26-day mission around the Moon, flying roughly 270,000 miles (434,000 km) from the Earth—farther from our home planet than any spacecraft designed to send humans to space and back has gone before. From Artemis I's launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to [...]

SpaceX CRS-9 Live Launch and the Science That’s Onboard

By |2024-04-03T02:09:13-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Various staff reflect during the SpaceX CRS-9 live launch and the science that they are involved with that will be conducted onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Astronauts Ingress at Launch Complex 39A

By |2024-04-03T02:09:04-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts make their way down the crew access arm to the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour. From left are Sultan Alneyadi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and mission specialist; and Andrey Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist. Along with Stephen Bowen, spacecraft commander; and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, pilot, they will launch to the International [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Astronauts Ingress at Launch Complex 39A

By |2024-04-03T02:09:03-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts make their way down the crew access arm to the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour. From left are Warren “Woody” Hoburg, pilot; and Stephen Bowen, spacecraft commander. Along with Sultan Alneyadi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and mission specialist; and Andrei Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist, they will launch to the International [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Astronauts Ingress at Launch Complex 39A

By |2024-04-03T02:09:02-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts are secured in their seats inside the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour. From left are Andrey Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist; NASA astronaut Warren “Woody” Hoburg, pilot; NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, spacecraft commander; and Sultan Alneyadi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and mission specialist. The Crew-6 astronauts will launch to the International [...]

NASA Artemis-1 Splashdown 🔴 Live

By |2022-12-11T13:15:14-05:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Artemis I is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for [...]

NASA Artemis-1 Splashdown 🔴 Live

By |2022-12-11T13:15:14-05:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Artemis I is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for [...]

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