Artemis IV SpaceX Concept of Operations
This graphic shows the concept of operations for an Artemis IV mission with SpaceX’s Starship lander
A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin
Photo of the Day A once-in-a-lifetime crater has appeared on the Moon! A comet or asteroid roughly the size of a humpback whale (approximately 10-20 meters, 30-60 feet) crashed into the Moon sometime between April and May of 2024. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), with its monthly monitoring of the Moon, captured today’s images [...]
Artemis III Crew Visits Launch Complex 39A
Artemis III crewmembers NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, commander; Frank Rubio, mission specialist; European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, mission specialist, and Bob Hines, backup crewmember, visit the Starship launch tower at Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus) [...]
Artemis III Crew Visits Launch Complex 39A
Artemis III crewmembers European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, commander; Frank Rubio, mission specialist; and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen in the Starship launch tower elevator at Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus) [...]
Artemis III Crew Visits Launch Complex 39A
Artemis III crewmembers NASA astronauts Bob Hines, backup crewmember; Andre Douglas, mission specialist; European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist; and Randy Bresnik, commander, pose for a photograph at the top of the Starship launch tower at Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]
NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests at NASA Ames
These photos show how engineers with conducted testing on a 1.2% scale model of SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The tests focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry and builds on a previous test series completed at [...]
NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests at NASA Ames
These photos show how engineers with conducted testing on a 1.2% scale model of SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The tests focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry and builds on a previous test series completed at [...]
NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests at NASA Ames
These photos show how engineers with conducted testing on a 1.2% scale model of SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The tests focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry and builds on a previous test series completed at [...]
NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests at NASA Ames
These photos show how engineers with conducted testing on a 1.2% scale model of SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The tests focused on better understanding the extreme aerodynamic forces the rocket can experience during re-entry and builds on a previous test series completed at [...]
Artist’s Concepts Depict SpaceX’s Starship HLS Test Article for NASA’s Artemis III
These artist’s concepts depict NASA’s Orion spacecraft and SpaceX’s Starship human landing system test article during rendezvous and docking operations as part of NASA’s upcoming Artemis III demonstration mission in low Earth orbit. NASA is working with two American companies to develop the human landing systems that will safely transport astronauts from lunar orbit to [...]