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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 [...]

Reentry video as Orion returns from Artemis I

By |2024-04-03T16:09:27-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft reenters the atmosphere after completing a 1.4 million-mile, 25.5 day Artemis I mission to the Moon.

Flight Day 6: Orion Focuses on Moon

By |2024-04-03T16:09:26-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

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.

Orion Spacecraft From Artemis 1 Arrives at Armstrong Test Facility

By |2024-04-03T16:09:23-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Orion Environmental Test Article (the Orion spacecraft flown during Artemis I) arrived at NASA Glenn’s Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio on January 09, 2024 for post-mission testing.

Astronaut Shannon Walker prepares to release a weather balloon from the deck of the USS Portland

By |2024-04-03T12:09:23-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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. [...]

Orion Splash Down and Recovery Operations

By |2024-04-03T12:09:19-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Artemis I Orion Recovery Weather Ballon Release

By |2024-04-03T12:09:18-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

Artemis I Orion Recovery Weather Ballon Release

By |2024-04-03T12:09:17-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

OpComm Delivery For Orion Artemis II

By |2024-04-03T12:09:02-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians assemble on the Optical Communications System for the Artemis II mission on June 2, 2023. Optical communications is the latest space communications technology that is able to provide data rates as much as a hundred [...]

OpComm Delivery For Orion Artemis II

By |2024-04-03T12:09:01-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians assemble on the Optical Communications System for the Artemis II mission on June 2, 2023. Optical communications is the latest space communications technology that is able to provide data rates as much as a hundred [...]

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