Moon Mission

Home News Spaceflight Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida inspect the interior of NASA's Artemis 1 Orion capsule. Photo released Jan. 10, 2023. (Image credit: NASA) NASA has started unpacking the Orion spacecraft after its epic moon mission. Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida have…

NASA's Capstone mission will test a unique, unprecedented orbit around the moon for the U.S. space agency's Artemis program. Credit: NASA As power drained from its solar limbs, the tired spaceship went quiet, spinning out of control and into exhaustion. Reluctantly, engineers sounded the alarm for the moonbound CAPSTONE mission.…

Illustration of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm), which will significantly improve the utility of robotic arms for lunar landers. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech COLDArm, the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm, will significantly improve the utility of robotic arms for lunar landers. The arm will enable manipulation capabilities in very…

Home News Spaceflight Fifty years ago, Apollo 17’s command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on December 19, 1972 with Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ron Evans landing safely back home on Earth after a 12-day voyage to our lone satellite.  It was a record breaking mission, involving the…

        | Published: Friday, December 16, 2022, 10:59 After a 25-day journey, NASA’s Orion capsule returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, making the agency’s Artemis I moon mission a success. The spacecraft reached past the Moon and back and will carry astronauts in…

Home News Science & Astronomy A view of Earth from NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft as it approached splashdown time on Dec. 11, 2022. (Image credit: NASA) NASA will look back on 2022 very fondly indeed. The space agency had a lot to celebrate this year, from the deployment and…

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft descends under three. orange and white main parachutes. Credit: NASA NASA’s Orion spacecraft parachuted to a gentle splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Sunday west of Baja California, ending an unpiloted test flight to the moon that spanned 25-and-a-half days and 1.4 million miles, proving out a new…

Home News Spaceflight A view of Earth from NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft as it approached its home planet on Dec. 11, 2022. (Image credit: NASA) NASA couldn't be happier with how its Artemis 1 moon mission went. Artemis 1 wrapped up Sunday afternoon (Dec. 11) with the successful splashdown…