Artemis I, go for launch
11 years after the final flight of Atlantis, NASA’s next great rocket—the Space Launch System—is ready to fly.
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NASA lays out vision for the long-term future of SLS
A new RFI posted by NASA lays out the future of the SLS rocket to 2050 and beyond, including a new contractor structure and provisions for yearly cargo flights.
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Four Artemis I CubeSats miss their ride
Does that mean they’re not coming on then?
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NASA’s Artemis program prepares for liftoff
SEP. 23, 2021–As Artemis nears its first launch, sweeping organizational changes and new contracts could guarantee its future into the 2030s…
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NASA continues making rapid progress towards ever-closer Artemis I launch
JAN. 16, 2020–NASA is currently targeting this fall for the launch of Artemis I, the uncrewed first test flight of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion Spacecraft together. With less than a year of time remaining until the launch, NASA has already begun launch preparation operations.
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NASA Test Fires Solid Booster for Artemis Missions
Things got hot in Utah yesterday with a test firing of the world’s most powerful solid rocket booster.
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Artemis I/SLS Booster Components Arrive Ahead of Stacking
JUNE 17, 2020–Northrop Grumman has delivered ten Space Launch System solid rocket segments for the Artemis I mission, along with two inert OmegA segments for booster training to the Kennedy Space Center after making a long train ride from Utah to Florida.
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NASA chooses Astrobotic to land VIPER rover on the Moon
JUNE 13, 2020– On June 11th, 2020, NASA announced that Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh robotics company, had been selected to deliver the VIPER rover to the lunar South Pole as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), part of the Artemis program, which seeks to land humans on the moon by 2024.
Read MoreNASA releases a further breakdown of Artemis HLS vehicle risks and challenges
MAY 14, 2020–In a virtual conference yesterday, NASA HEO released a further breakdown of the Human Lander System, or HLS contracts.
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NASA’s SLS Program prepares for re-start of SLS operations amid COVID-19
MAY 6, 2020- After temporarily pausing on-site work for the agency’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, NASA is now preparing to reopen the Marshall Spaceflight Center (MSFC), Stennis Space Center, and Michoud Assembly Facility alongside other agency centers and locations which are critical to the Artemis Program.
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