Moon Mission

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…

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…