Moon Mission

Home News Human Spaceflights NASA astronaut Don Lind observes crystals being grown on board the Spacelab 3 science module during space shuttle Challenger's STS-51B mission in 1985. (Image credit: NASA) Don Lind, a former NASA astronaut who helped plan humanity's first moonwalk before launching on the space shuttle, has died…

It was second time unlucky for NASA as its Space Launch System rocket remained rooted to its Florida launch pad following a second scrub of its Moon mission. Once again, the countdown was fraught with drama when over-pressure warnings were triggered in the liquid oxygen and hydrogen lines as engineers…

Following a failed attempt earlier this week, NASA has once again delayed the start of its Artemis 1 Moon mission. The agency was forced to scrub Saturday’s launch after staff at Kennedy Space Center failed to fix a persistent leak in a liquid hydrogen connection point on the agency's next-generation…

Saturday brought another launch scratch for the Artemis I mission. Technical issues caused delays on Saturday and eventually robbed spectators in Cape Canaveral, Florida — and around the country — of something Americans haven't seen in more than 50 years: a launch to kick off a NASA program to send humans to the moon. A similar situation unfolded during the…

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches emailSign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Nasa will try to launch its latest moon rocket on Saturday after a failed attempt earlier this week. Initially planned for August 29, the…

Live coverage of the countdown and maiden flight of the Space Launch System on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live Sept. 3 launch attempt Read More

        | Updated: Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 13:52 NASA has officially canceled the launch of Artemis 1, which was slated to take flight on Monday. The mission was meant to be NASA’s first-ever voyage with the super expensive Space Launch System, in a series of missions to…

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 30, to discuss the flight test of the agency’s mega Moon rocket and uncrewed Orion spacecraft, currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the Artemis I lunar mission...Read More

Home Science Space Artemis 1 launch updates: NASA scrubs launch due to engine issue of SLS rocket Last Updated: 29th August, 2022 23:41 IST The Artemis I mission which was scheduled to take off at 6:03 pm IST on August 29 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center has been postponed indefinitely.…

Home News Spaceflight Update, 11:28 a.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 3: The Artemis 1 mission has been scrubbed due to a fuel leak. The next possible opportunity is Monday (Sept. 5). NASA's huge Artemis 1 rocket is counting down to a second launch attempt to return the moon and when it…