Moon Mission

Home News Science & Astronomy An artist's depiction of the James Webb Space Telescope in deep space. (Image credit: Kevin Gill) Two major NASA missions that have launched in the past year are revealing a communications weakness in space. NASA communicates with all of its distant spacecraft — from the…

NASA will provide live coverage of the Artemis I uncrewed Orion spacecraft’s return flyby of the Moon on Monday, Dec. 5, as well as its return to Earth on Sunday, Dec. 11...Read More

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Synopsis Prof Martin Rees attributed that noticeable improvement in the space programs from the Apollo era and the current ones to advancement in computers and robotics. He said it was only logical to replace humans with robots to achieve better efficiency, cheaper costs, and enhanced safety.AgenciesThe Artemis Moon exploration could…

As NASA plans for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis, new technologies are required to meet the unique challenges of living and working on another world...Read More

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A camera on one of the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings captured this view of the crew module Monday, Nov. 28, with the Earth and the moon in the background. Credit: NASA At the halfway point in NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, the unpiloted…

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NASA will host a news conference at 5 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 28, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the status of the uncrewed Artemis I flight test as the Orion spacecraft reaches the mid-point of its Moon mission and its farthest distance from Earth at…

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s Orion spacecraft, pictured by a solar array wingtip camera, with the moon in the background. Credit: NASA NASA’s unpiloted Orion moonship, sailing smoothly toward a remote lunar orbit after a spectacular low-altitude flyby Monday, is operating in near-flawless fashion, mission managers reported…

        | Updated: Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 12:43 NASA Artemis I Moon mission finally launched on November 19 from the Kennedy Space Center, taking the Orion spacecraft for a trip around the Moon. The spacecraft made a critical flyby to make sure it is placed in the…