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Home News Spaceflight NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System moon rocket stands atop Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida during a fueling test on April 4, 2022. (Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky) NASA has pushed back the resumption of the Artemis 1 moon mission's critical…

Home News Spaceflight NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B on April 3, 2022. (Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky) NASA will take another stab at a critical test of its Artemis 1 moon mission…

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Home News Space.com NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System moon rocket is seen atop Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during wet dress rehearsal test on April 4, 2022. (Image credit: NASA) NASA's second attempt to fuel its Artemis 1 moon mission megarocket hit another snag on…

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Home News What the heck is a "wet dress rehearsal" and what does it have to do with flying to space? If you've never heard that term before, NASA is about to enlighten you, as it undertakes a so-called wet dress rehearsal (WDR) with a rocket bound for the moon.…

Home News Spaceflight Axiom Space's private Ax-1 crew will ride a SpaceX spacecraft to the International Space Station in April 2022. They are (from left): pilot Larry Connor; Mark Pathy, mission specialist; Michael López-Alegría, commander; and Eytan Stibbe, mission specialist. (Image credit: Axiom Space) The first all-private crewed mission to…

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 29, to discuss the upcoming final major test with the agency’s Mega Moon rocket and spacecraft at the launch pad ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission...Read More

Home News Spaceflight The sun rises behind the Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule after their first-ever rollout to the launch pad, on March 18, 2022. (Image credit: NASA) NASA's huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was dramatically backdropped by two solar system bodies during its first-ever…

NASA's Moon rocket is on the move at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for a 4.2-mile journey to Launch Complex 39B on March 17, 2022. NASA/Kim Shiflett Early Friday morning, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft arrived…