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NASA to Discuss Status of Next Artemis I Moon Mission Launch Attempt

By |2022-09-07T17:10:00-04:00September 7th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Sep 7, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-128 52323317157_d6e86320dd_k.jpeg NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test [...]

NASA Taps Axiom Space for First Artemis Moonwalking Spacesuits

By |2022-09-08T15:46:10-04:00September 7th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sep 7, 2022 RELEASE22-093 Artist’s Illustration: Two suited crew members work on the lunar surface. One in the foreground lifts a rock to examine it while the other photographs the collection site in the background. Credits: NASA NASA has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the Artemis III mission, which will [...]

NASA Awards Contract for Marshall’s Mission Operations

By |2022-09-07T15:58:00-04:00September 7th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Sep 7, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-017 NASA has awarded the Marshall Operations Systems, Services, and Integration II (MOSSI II) contract to Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama. The contract calls for providing provide the ground systems and operations services necessary to meet the requirements delegated to the Payload and Mission Operations Division within [...]

Teams Continue to Review Options for Next Attempt, Prepare to Replace Seal

By |2022-09-06T18:31:00-04:00September 6th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

After standing down on the Artemis I launch attempt Saturday, Sept. 3 due to a hydrogen leak, teams have decided to replace the seal on an interface, called the quick disconnect, between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line on the mobile launcher and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket while at the launch pad. NASA’s Space Launch [...]

Teams Continue to Review Options for Next Attempt, Prepare to Replace Seal

By |2022-09-06T18:31:00-04:00September 6th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

After standing down on the Artemis I launch attempt Saturday, Sept. 3 due to a hydrogen leak, teams have decided to replace the seal on an interface, called the quick disconnect, between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line on the mobile launcher and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket while at the launch pad. NASA’s Space Launch [...]

Koichi Wakata at SpaceX for mission training

By |2022-09-05T16:21:15-04:00September 5th, 2022|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata wears a SpaceX launch and entry suit while becoming familiar with the Crew Dragon spacecraft that will take Wakata and his crewmates to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station.

Artemis Astronauts Photo-Op at Launch Complex 39B

By |2022-09-05T16:09:20-04:00September 5th, 2022|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Artemis Astronauts Photo-Op at Launch Complex 39B.

Did an astronaut almost float away from the Space Shuttle?!

By |2020-11-03T08:04:09-05:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On NASA Space Shuttle flight STS-41C, NASA astronaut George Nelson, had a close call while wearing NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) which was a self contained rocket pack that astronauts could wear on their EVA suit backpacks to perform untethered EVA spacewalks. While trying to retrieve a broken satellite, the astronaut and Mission Control struggled [...]

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