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Artemis Systems Are Ready to Fly Astronauts on This Week @NASA – March 10, 2023

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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!

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.

Artemis II Crew Announcement – April 3, 2023

By |2024-04-03T12:09:05-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) announced, during an event on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on the Artemis II mission. The crew, comprised of NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman (Commander), NASA astronaut Victor Glover (Pilot), NASA astronaut Christina Hammock [...]

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 [...]

NASA and Czech Republic Sign Artemis Accords Agreements

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

OpComm Delivery For Orion Artemis II

By |2024-04-03T12:09:00-04:00April 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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