Moon Mission

Space missions around the world are on hold—a poignant reminder of how COVID-19 has upended civilization. Marina Koren March 26, 2020 Edmon De HaroLast month, as the coronavirus spread largely undetected in the United States, NASA announced it would fund the development of several missions, including to distant moons around…

    | Published: Monday, March 23, 2020, 17:34 Coronavirus pandemic has affected a lot of countries worldwide, claiming the lives of many. Various organizations have mandated work from home to ensure the employees stay safe. The same extends to NASA, where many of the NASA facilities have shut down.…

It’s been nearly five decades since humans have visited the Moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Artemis is humanity’s glorious return pegged to launch in 2024. However, the base where the rocket and capsule for the mission were being tested and produced has been forced to shut down…

NASA is suspending operations of the James Webb Telescope team and assessing the work requirements of the staff at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The move comes after the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom announced a lockdown in the state. In addition to the JPL at California, the space…

Curiosity, the discovery vehicle sent to Mars by NASA to analyze to get data on whether there was life billions of years ago, took a selfie before its steepest climb so far. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first people to set foot on the Moon on July 16, 1969…

NASA is putting its SLS and Orion spacecraft development on hold, after the US space agency reported a jump in coronavirus cases around its facilities. Production of the Space Launch System and Orion has been put on hold as NASA cranks two of its key facilities to Stage 4 of…

Artist's impression of the Space Launch System. NASA The effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic are reaching as far as the moon. That’s because NASA may have to once again push back its first test flight for the Artemis moon program after a team member tested positive for coronavirus. NASA…

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…