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 [...]
Artemis systems are ready to fly astronauts, a hot fire test of an Artemis rocket engine, and educating and inspiring the Artemis generation … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
art001m1013251756 (Nov. 21, 2022) The Moon is seen below Orion on flight day 6 of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission. On this day, Orion completed the outbound powered flyby, passing just 81 miles above the Moon.
Astronaut Shannon Walker prepares to release a weather balloon from the deck of the USS Portland ahead of the splashdown of the Artemis I Orion Spacecraft on Dec. 11. NASA's Landing and Recovery team works alongside the DoD to safely recover the capsule after missions to the Moon. [...]
A member of the 45th Weather Squadron out of Patrick Space Force Base releases a weather balloon from the deck of USS Portland prior to splashdown of the NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission on Dec. 11, 2022.
Astronaut Shannon Walker prepares to release a weather balloon from the deck of the USS Portland alongside members of the U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron ahead of the splashdown of the Orion spacecraft on Dec. 11. NASA's Landing and Recovery team works alongside the DoD to safely recover Orion after Artemis missions to the [...]
Astronaut Shannon Walker prepares to release a weather balloon from the deck of the USS Portland alongside members of the U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron ahead of the splashdown of the Orion spacecraft on Dec. 11. NASA's Landing and Recovery team works alongside the DoD to safely recover Orion after Artemis missions to the [...]
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 [...]
On May 3, 2023, NASA senior leaders and Department of State officials for the Czech Republic signed Artemis Accords agreements for participation in the agency’s Artemis program. While NASA is leading the Artemis program, international partnerships will play a key role in achieving a sustainable and robust presence on the Moon while preparing to conduct [...]
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 [...]
