News Archive / Tagged: Artemis 1
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NASA exploring options for navigating on the Moon
Theresa CrossMarch 31st, 2021NASA is currently exploring a number of solutions for navigating and communicating on the Moon's surface for the Artemis program.
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Gallery: See NASA’s fully-stacked SLS solid rocket boosters
Theresa CrossMarch 24th, 2021NASA reported in early March 2021 the stacking is complete for the Space Launch System twin solid rocket boosters for the Artemis 1 mission.
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NASA successfully test fires Space Launch System mega rocket
Cullen DesforgesMarch 18th, 2021The second time was the charm for NASA's Space Launch System core stage as the agency successfully performed a full-duration firing of all four RS-25 engines at the base of the rocket, the final evaluation in vehicle's Green Run test campaign.
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NASA finishes stacking twin SLS boosters for Artemis 1 mission
Theresa CrossMarch 11th, 2021NASA has finished stacking the twin five-segment solid rocket boosters for “the most powerful rocket in the world,” the massive Space Launch System.
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Artemis 1 SLS booster stacking nearing completion
Theresa CrossFebruary 11th, 2021The stacking of the twin solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System is nearly complete with only one set of segments remaining.
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Orion is on the move, across the grounds of Kennedy Space Center
Sean CostelloJanuary 16th, 2021Under blue Florida skies, NASA put in motion the next phase of preparations for the first Space Launch System (SLS) mission, Artemis I, with the moving of the Orion capsule from the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility.
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NASA announces “Artemis Team” of 18 astronauts
Cullen DesforgesDecember 11th, 2020In a somewhat unannounced and surprising fashion, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced the 18 astronauts that will be focused on advancing the Artemis program, including those who will be first to fly aboard the Orion capsule as early as 2023.
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Orion spacecraft passes final milestone for first Artemis launch
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 2nd, 2020On September 1, NASA announced that the flight-ready Orion Crew capsule had completed a significant milestone in preparation for its voyage on the first launch of the Artemis Program, Artemis 1.
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Locked and Loaded: Artemis I’s muscle delivered to KSC
SpaceFlight InsiderJune 16th, 2020NASA, still riding high on regaining the ability to launch astronauts to low-Earth-orbit is now preparing to turn the dial up to eleven. LEO is nice and all - but flying to the Moon is way better. The agency is pulling this pieces to achieve just that.
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Artemis I Orion spacecraft advancing through tests at Plum Brook Station
Michael ColeJanuary 31st, 2020SANDUSKY, OHIO -- Testing is fully underway on the Orion spacecraft for the upcoming Artemis I test flight mission at NASA's Plum Brook Station testing facility in Sandusky, Ohio. The Orion crew capsule, integrated with its European Service Module, is currently inside the facility's Space Environments Complex undergoing thermal vacuum tests in the largest thermal vacuum chamber in the world.
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NASA completes SLS core stage in preparation for Artemis 1 mission
Curt GodwinDecember 10th, 2019Boeing completes milestone in 15-year-long effort to reignite crewed deep space missions.
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Companies selected to study lunar landers for Artemis program
Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2019In order to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program, NASA needs to get a jump start on the development of crew-rated lunar landers.