News Archive / Tagged: Artemis program

• NASA’s Artemis 1 mega Moon rocket to launch next week

  Derek RichardsonAugust 26th, 2022

  Artemis 1, the first combined flight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, is set to occur next week to begin a trip to the Moon and back.

• Artemis on the move: What it takes to get SLS to the pad

  Theresa CrossJuly 21st, 2022

  With tentative launch dates penciled in for the Artemis 1 mission, what does it take to get the SLS rocket from the assembly building to the launch pad?

• Artemis 1 SLS mission gets preliminary launch date

  Derek RichardsonJuly 20th, 2022

  NASA has preliminarily selected Aug. 29, 2022, for the Artemis 1 test flight of the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft.

• Gallery: Space Launch System returns to VAB for Artemis 1 preps

  Derek RichardsonJuly 6th, 2022

  After a successful wet dress rehearsal, NASA rolled the massive Space Launch System rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to prepare for Artemis 1.

• UPDATE: Contact with CAPSTONE re-established

  Derek RichardsonJuly 5th, 2022

  NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft, designed to pave the way for the Artemis program’s Lunar Gateway outpost, has “experienced communications issues.”

• NASA’s CAPSTONE pathfinder mission launched toward the Moon

  Theresa CrossJune 28th, 2022

  A small CubeSat called CAPSTONE is on its way to the Moon to evaluate a special orbit destined to be used for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station.

• The People of Artemis: Jose Perez Morales

  Scott JohnsonJune 26th, 2022

  At the first rollout of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, Spaceflight Insider spoke with several people involved with the program -- The People of Artemis.

• Space Launch System to roll back to VAB to prepare for launch

  Theresa CrossJune 25th, 2022

  After analyzing data from the June 20 wet dress rehearsal, NASA has made the decision to begin the process of preparing the Space Launch System rocket for its maiden flight.

• Space Launch System rocket returns to Pad 39B for critical test

  Theresa CrossJune 7th, 2022

  NASA’s Space Launch System is back at Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it will once again attempt a full wet dress rehearsal.

• NASA awards contracts for commercial spacesuits for ISS, Moon

  Theresa CrossJune 3rd, 2022

  Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace have been selected by NASA to build commercial spacesuits for the International Space Station and Artemis programs.

• NASA to return the SLS rocket to Vehicle Assembly Building

  Theresa CrossApril 21st, 2022

  NASA is set to return the Space Launch System back to the Vehicle Assembly Building next week for repairs on the rocket and mobile launcher.

• Futuristic-looking van to transport Artemis astronauts to pad

  Cullen DesforgesApril 20th, 2022

  The dawning of a new era in American human spaceflight will also bring about the debut of a new series of transport vehicles for Artemis astronauts.

• NASA moving forward with modified fueling test for SLS rocket

  Theresa CrossApril 13th, 2022

  NASA said it is modifying the wet dress rehearsal for the giant SLS rocket in advance of the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission around the Moon.

• The People of Artemis: Jeremy Parsons, NASA Exploration Ground Systems Deputy Manager

  Scott JohnsonApril 2nd, 2022

  During the rollout of NASA's Artemis 1 SLS rocket, Spaceflight Insider spoke with Exploration Ground Systems Deputy Program Manager Jeremy Parsons.

• 50-year-old Apollo Moon samples unsealed for the first time

  Theresa CrossApril 1st, 2022

  Moon rock and dust samples collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972, “sealed for posterity” 50 years ago, were unlocked from their celestial time capsule.