Moon Mission

NASA has announced the closure of two rocket production and testing centers after an engineer at one facility contracted the coronavirus, potentially shattering the ambitious dream of a manned Moon mission in 2024. Both the Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi and the Michoud Assembly Facility about 40 miles away…

Home News Science & Astronomy On Apollo 15, crewmembers could not see that they were descending onto the rim of a broad crater. After shutting off the engine, the lunar module rocked backward about 11 degrees into the crater until the rear footpad contacted the ground. The front footpad was…

Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, Ohio, 16 March 2019 - The Orion spacecraft for NASA's Artemis I mission has successfully completed several months of simulated space environment System level testing in the NASA-owned thermal vacuum chamber at Plum Brook Station in Ohio. The tests were conducted in two phases; a 47…

by Jeff Foust — March 15, 2020 The Orion spacecraft built for the Artemis 1 mission at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Ohio after completing environmental testing there. Credit: NASA/Marvin Smith WASHINGTON — The Orion spacecraft that will fly on the first launch of the Space Launch System has completed…

Next stop is the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. March 15, 2020 NASA has successfully completed performance testing for its Orion spacecraft. "The Orion spacecraft, consisting of the crew module and European-built service module, has undergone more than three months of testing at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, where it was subjected…

NASA is considering extending the timeline to start establishing a base for humans on the moon, potentially disrupting a central element of President Trump’s space ambitions. Trump administration officials have long said plans to return U.S. astronauts to the lunar surface also had to simultaneously lay the groundwork for setting…

NASA has announced two sets of instruments that will be carried aboard its planned Lunar Gateway space station. NASA’s Gateway project aims to have astronauts orbiting the moon by 2025, with the construction of the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway acting as a base of operations for lunar missions and eventually, missions…

NASA has shared an out of this world image as the space agency marks the anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 9 mission.PUBLISHED: 10:33, Sat, Mar 14, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:37, Sat, Mar 14, 2020 Apollo 9 saw three astronauts blasted into the Earth’s orbit for 10 days as a test…

by Jeff Foust — March 13, 2020 Doug Loverro, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said March 13 NASA's revised plans for returning to the moon by 2024 would not relay on the lunar Gateway and may not attempt to integrate lunar lander elements in orbit around the…

It's even worse than it appears. Italians in lockdown all over Italy are keeping each other company by singing, dancing and playing music from the balconies. A thread to celebrate the resilience of ordinary people. # I've started a page of notes for Woodstock in the here and now. #…