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What Artemis II will validate before NASA attempts a crewed lunar landing
If all goes to plan, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission in February
If everything goes to plan, NASA’s giant Space Launch System rocket will launch in early February with four astronauts strapped into the Orion capsule: Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist Victor Glover,
No one in NASA’s Artemis II crew had been born when astronauts last ventured into deep space for the final Apollo program Moon landing in 1972. For the last half-century, human space efforts have focused on science research and technology initiatives aboard low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, culminating with the Inter-national Space Station.
The rocket is about to traverse four miles to the launchpad — at about 1 mph.
Boeing has delivered the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's core stage to NASA, marking a significant step towards the Artemis II mission to send humans to orbit the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era in the 1970s. The core stage of the SLS ...
NEW ORLEANS, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (BA) [NYSE: BA] has provided NASA with the second core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Built at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), the core stage is designed to send the Artemis II crew ...
The SLS got the Orion capsule to the Moon and back. I expect SpaceX and Blue Origin to be able to eventually launch human rated systems beyond low earth orbit. But that has not happened yet. In the meantime, there is a goal by NASA to return astronauts ...