NASA on Tuesday revealed the four astronauts who will join the next Artemis mission â a key, two-week flight that will aim to test out various technologies considered vital to putting astronauts back on the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The crew, set to launch as soon as late 2027, includes three NASA astronauts â first-time space flier Andre Douglas, record-setting astronaut Frank Rubio, and veteran flier and test pilot Randy Bresnik â as well as Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano with the European Space Agency. Artemis III is designed to serve as a precursor mission to a moon landing, testing out how the NASA-built Orion spacecraft will dock with a lunar lander. The primary goal of the flight, the space agency says, is to âreduce riskâ heading into an actual lunar touchdown, which NASA hopes will take place as soon as 2028. In order to reach the moonâs surface, astronauts will have to complete such a move while in lunar orbit. But for Artemis III, NASA is aiming to test the maneuver much closer to home, sticking to low-Earth orbit, or LEO, the area closest to our home planet and the same region where the International Space Station operat
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Today's Mars rovers typically drive at about 500 to 1,000 feet per hour — roughly the length of one to three football fields — and only for short stints at a time. NASA engineers say they could go so much longer and faster if they could…
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Today's Mars rovers typically drive at about 500 to 1,000 feet per hour — roughly the length of one to three football fields — and only for short stints at a time. NASA engineers say they could go so much longer and…
Read original at Mashable →NASA will begin mapping the galactic bulge with a mission later this summer. A large portion of our space coverage stems from the James Webb Space Telescope, but today we're featuring an image from a different lens. The…
Read original at Engadget →“Artemis III will be an extraordinary demonstration of what is possible.” The US space agency unveiled the crew for its Artemis III mission on Tuesday during an enthusiastic event at Johnson Space Center in Houston. For…
Read original at Ars Technica →It’s been just two months since the Artemis 2 crew returned to Earth, and NASA is already gearing up for Artemis 3. Today, the agency revealed the four astronauts who will test out its commercial Moon landers in space.…
Read original at Gizmodo →Luca Parmitano to pilot all-male crew of four paving way for planned first human landing of Artemis IV in 2028 Jared Isaacman, the Nasa administrator, hailed the creation of âEarthâs first starfleetâ on Tuesday as…
Read original at The Guardian →NASA on Tuesday revealed the four astronauts who will join the next Artemis mission â a key, two-week flight that will aim to test out various technologies considered vital to putting astronauts back on the surface of…
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Today's Mars rovers typically drive at about 500 to 1,000 feet per hour — roughly the length of one to three football fields — and only for short stints at a time. NASA engineers say they could go so much longer and faster if they could…
View source →NASA will begin mapping the galactic bulge with a mission later this summer. A large portion of our space coverage stems from the James Webb Space Telescope, but today we're featuring an image from a different lens. The photo above is a…
View source →“Artemis III will be an extraordinary demonstration of what is possible.” The US space agency unveiled the crew for its Artemis III mission on Tuesday during an enthusiastic event at Johnson Space Center in Houston. For this spaceflight…
View source →It’s been just two months since the Artemis 2 crew returned to Earth, and NASA is already gearing up for Artemis 3. Today, the agency revealed the four astronauts who will test out its commercial Moon landers in space. NASA’s Andre…
View source →Luca Parmitano to pilot all-male crew of four paving way for planned first human landing of Artemis IV in 2028 Jared Isaacman, the Nasa administrator, hailed the creation of âEarthâs first starfleetâ on Tuesday as he revealed the…
View source →NASA on Tuesday revealed the four astronauts who will join the next Artemis mission â a key, two-week flight that will aim to test out various technologies considered vital to putting astronauts back on the surface of the moon for the…
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