Moon Mission

Home References Spaceflight The crewmembers of the Apollo 13 mission step aboard the USS Iwo Jima, after splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970. Exiting the helicopter from left to right are Fred Haise, James Lovell and John Swigert. (Image credit: NASA/JSC) Apollo 13…

NASA has selected National Geographic to help tell the story of Artemis II, the first Artemis flight that will carry astronauts around the Moon and back to Earth aboard the agency’s Orion spacecraft...Read More

Blue Ghost — "We've picked good partners, and we’ve watched them carefully." Eric Berger - Oct 25, 2021 1:10 pm UTC Enlarge / An artist's rendering of Firefly's Blue Ghost spacecraft landing on the Moon. Firefly Aerospace Although Firefly Aerospace is only a few weeks removed from its first-ever launch…

    | Published: Sunday, October 24, 2021, 8:48 NASA is gearing up for the next mission to the Moon, which involves sending the first woman and the next man to Earth's nearest neighbor. Presently, the premier space agency is targeting February 2022 to liftoff the megarocket with the Space…

You'll have to wait a while longer for NASA's Artemis I mission. Space.com notes NASA now expects to launch the uncrewed Artemis I flight test in February 2022, with the liftoff window opening as soon as February 12th. The Orion capsule has been stacked on top of the Space Launch…

The 74,000-pound Orion spacecraft was lifted inside the Vehicle Assembly Building this week, and mounted to the top of the Space Launch System. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux With NASA’s powerful new 322-foot-tall moon rocket fully stacked at Kennedy Space Center, managers said Friday that Feb. 12 is the soonest the unpiloted…

NASA has taken a big step toward the launch of the Artemis I moon mission after placing the Orion crew capsule atop the mighty SLS rocket. The delicate operation was carried out on Wednesday, October 20, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “One step closer,” the space agency said…

The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 mission is lowered on top of its Space Launch System rocket Oct. 20 inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center worked overnight Wednesday to tighten 360 bolts connecting the Orion spacecraft for…

Home News Entertainment (Image credit: Mulholland Books) New York Times bestselling author, YouTube star, international speaker, and popular Twitter personality, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, has a creative eye on the moon in his first dive into fiction with last week's release of "The Apollo Murders" (Mulholland Books, 2021). It’s a…

Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center moved the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 moon mission into the Vehicle Assembly Building Tuesday for stacking on top of the Space Launch System. The 67-foot-tall (20-meter) spacecraft, with its launch abort system tower attached, rolled into the iconic assembly building around 5…