US Vice President, French President Visit NASA Headquarters
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron to NASA Headquarters in Washington Wednesday.
NASA Responds to Independent Review of Earth System Observatory
NASA shared a response Wednesday on an independent review board established to assess plans and goals for the next generation of Earth-observing satellites: NASA’s Earth System Observatory, a cutting edge suite of spacecraft that will forward understanding of our changing planet.
Artemis I — I Flight Day 14: Deep Space Testing Continues
art001e000606 (Nov. 24, 2022) On flight day 9, the inside of Orion shows the display of the Callisto payload. Callisto is Lockheed Martin’s technology demonstration in collaboration with Amazon and Cisco, testing voice-activated and video technology that may assist future astronauts on deep space missions.Engineers continued with the jet firing development flight test objective [...]
NASA to Cancel GeoCarb Mission, Expands Greenhouse Gas Portfolio
NASA announced Monday it intends to cancel development of its GeoCarb mission, and instead implement a plan for pursuing alternate options to measure and observe greenhouse gases.
NASA, ICON Advance Lunar Construction Technology for Moon Missions
As NASA plans for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis, new technologies are required to meet the unique challenges of living and working on another world.
Artemis I — Flight Day 13: Orion Goes the (Max) Distance
(Nov. 28, 2022) On flight day 13, Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles away from our home planet. Orion has now traveled farther than any other spacecraft built for humans.NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft reached the farthest distance from Earth it will travel during [...]
Artemis I – Flight Day 12: Orion Star Trackers, Reaction Control Thrusters Tested
art001e000479 (Nov. 24, 2022) – On flight day 9, NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured imagery looking back at the Moon from a camera mounted on one of its solar arrays. The spacecraft is enroute to a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.On the 12th day of the Artemis I mission, team members conducted another planned [...]
Artemis I – Flight Day 11: Orion Surpasses Apollo 13 Record Distance from Earth
On flight day 11, NASA’S Orion spacecraft captured imagery looking back at the Earth from a camera mounted on one of its solar arrays. The spacecraft is currently in a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.On day 11 of the Artemis I mission, Orion continues its journey beyond the Moon after entering a distant [...]
Moon Microscope, Solar Arrays Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Cargo Ship
SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission for NASA is on its way to the International Space Station.
NASA to Share Artemis I Update with Orion at Farthest Point from Earth
NASA will host a news conference at 5 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 28, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the status of the uncrewed Artemis I flight test as the Orion spacecraft reaches the mid-point of its Moon mission and its farthest distance from Earth at nearly 270,000 miles away. [...]