#artemis program

[lonestarflight]

"NASA achieved a major milestone April 3 for production of new RS-25 engines to help power its Artemis campaign to the Moon and beyond with completion of a critical engine certification test series at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

The 12-test series represents a key step for lead engines contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, to build new RS-25 engines, using modern processes and manufacturing techniques, for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rockets that will power future lunar missions, beginning with Artemis V."

Date: April 3, 2024

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center: link

#Space Launch System #SLS #Rocket #Artemis program #NASA #Space Shuttle Main Engine #SSME #Rocketdyne RS-25 #RS-25 #Rocket Engine #Test Stand #John C. Stennis Space Center #Stennis Space Center #SSC #Hancock County #Mississippi #April #2024 #video #my post

[astronauticalaspirations]

Johnson Space Center uploaded some new renders of Lunar Gateway to their Flickr last week. My sources on the inside inform me these are fairly up-to-date design iterations. Module ID in the alt-text.

#nasa #lunar gateway #artemis program #johnson space center #orion spacecraft #halo #i hab #esprit rm #alm #canadarm3 #dragon xl #moon #luna #artist's rendering

[titanicnerd-blog]

Those who have travelled to the moon:

Neil Armstrong

Edwin Aldrin Jr.

Michael Collins

Pete Conrad

Dick Gordon

Alan Bean

Jim Lovell

John Swigert

Fred Haise

Alan Shepherd

Stuart Roosa

Edgar Mitchell

Dave Scott

Al Worden

Jim Irwin

John Young

Ken Mattingly

Charlie Duke

Gene Cernan

Ron Evans

Jack Schmitt

Soon, there will be more names on this list: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, Jeremy Hansen

#apollo program #apollo xi #apollo xii #apollo xiii #apollo xiv #apollo xv #apollo xvi #apollo xvii #artemis program #moon landing day #july 20 1969 #moon landing #we're going back #artemis ii

[realspaceships]

Gateway to the Moon by Tobias Roestch

GTGRAPHICS

#Artemis program #what if #realistic spacecraft #space station #starship #spacex #orion #lunar outpost

[spacecdt]

Our beautiful ride to the Moon, Mars, and beyond

#nasa #nasa sls #nasa orion #nasa artemis #artemis #artemis 1 #artemis program #space launch system #sls rocket #space #spaceflight #science #engineering #spacecraft #technology #space exploration #wearegoing #rocket #aerospace #orion #moon #kennedy space center #flowers #daisies #pretty #beautiful #mars

[nikproxima]

So I wrote about the GAO. Notably, how SpaceX, Axiom and NASA are working towards landing humans on the moon as part of the Artemis III mission. However, the GAO identified a number of risks, notably the Starship Human Landing System and Axiom's Suits as the primary ones...

Read more here, if you'd like.

#space #nasa #spacex #axiom #politics #gao #science #technology #moon #lunar return #artemis #artemis program

[spaceflight-insider]

First engine installed on Artemis 2 Moon rocket

The installation of RS-25 engine E2059 at the base of the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket. Credit: NASA Technicians have installed the first engine on the core stage of the second Space Launch System rocket, which is tasked with sending the first people to the Moon in more than a half century. Continue reading Untitled

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#Artemis 2 #Artemis program #Lead Stories #Michoud Assembly Facility #NASA #RS-25 #Space Launch System

[blueiskewl]

Artemis I mission

NASA’s Artemis has opened a new chapter in lunar exploration.

The historic Artemis I mission took flight in the early hours of Wednesday morning after months of anticipation. The milestone event kicked off a journey that will send an uncrewed spacecraft around the moon, paving the way for NASA to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in half a century.

The towering, 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket lit its engines at 1:47 a.m. ET. It emitted up to 9 million pounds (4.1 million kilograms) of thrust to haul itself off the launchpad in Florida and into the air, streaking vibrantly across the night sky.

Atop the rocket was the Orion spacecraft, a gumdrop-shaped capsule that broke away from the rocket after reaching space. Orion is designed to carry humans, but its passengers for this test mission are of the inanimate variety, including some mannequins collecting vital data to help future live crews.

#Artemis Program #Artemis I mission #moon mission #space launch system #rocket #rocket launch #kennedy space center #nasa #nasa picture of the day #nasa video #space #solar system #moon

[the-yearning-astronaut]

I love a lot of things about my job but I think my favorite by far is how my coworkers blow up our team group chat with chatter and excitement about current goings on at NASA. New JWST images. New research released. We screamed and cried and keysmashed during the Artemis 1 launch.

Currently? Orion capsule splashdown.

There's just something special about having a group of people in brickspace that you can geek out with over this kind of stuff.

#nasa #orion capsule #orion splashdown #artemis 1 #artemis program #artemis mission #fox thoughts #science outreach #steam outreach

[kaijuchaos]

So the world’s most powerful rocket was maybe just a touch brighter than I’d expected and had set my camera for. Whoops.

I maaaay have overexposed that first shot a tiny bit. Ultimately, I decided to just enjoy the moment instead of fussing with the settings and reframing the shot, but I actually LOVE the second photo I got.

Anyway, I’m running on just a few hours of sleep after driving out there and staking out my spot all night, not to mention the fact that the surrounding area turns into a huge block of stopped traffic when all the launch viewers try to leave at once. I couldn’t even leave my parking spot for an hour and 20 minutes after I hiked back to it.

But I can’t even pretend to complain. It was so incredible to be there in person watching history being made and hearing thousands of people collectively shouting in excitement, sharing this bizarre communal moment together at 01:47 AM.

#Artemis Program #Artemis 1 #NASA Artemis #Rocket Launch #y’all ever indulge in your childhood hyperfixations and special interests as an adult? highly recommend #also i thought the lil boat was kinda cute idk #my photography

[astronauticalaspirations]

Don't know if this made the rounds on Tumblr this week, but JAXA is planning to include a pressurized rover to begin operations on Artemis VII. Moreover, President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida announced that a Japanese astronaut will be the first non-US person to make a lunar landing. They didn't state whether that would be on Artemis III or a later mission, so it sounds like they didn't take all the crew assignment authority from NASA.

There's some obvious geopolitical reasons for putting Japan ahead of Canada or Europe, but I'll leave those as an exercise to the reader.

#artemis program #jaxa

[mckitterick]

Artemis Moon mission launch TONIGHT

NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket is scheduled to launch tonight, about midnight USA Central time!

watch live on their channel: X

#NASA #Artemis program #space exploration

[factsandstuffbyd]

Credits NASA Johnson

Orion Spacecraft's View

#artemis 1 #orion spacecraft #nasa moon mission #artemis program #nasa photos #nasa artemis

[spacecdt]

NASA's SLS (aka Mega Moon Rocket) against a dramatic Florida sky, August 2022.

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#go for queue deploy #nasa #nasa artemis #artemis1 #artemis program #space launch system #nasa sls #florida #sky #sunrise #sunset #meteorology #colorful #space #spaceflight #space exploration #rocket #science #technology #engineering

[higherentity]

#nicole mann #astronaut #nasa #pilot #artemis program #nicole #nasa astronaut group 21

[spaceflight-insider]

What's next for NASA's Artemis program?

The Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39B, on the morning of March 18, 2022. Credit: Scott Johnson / Spaceflight Insider KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Late last year, NASA successfully launched its first Space Launch System rocket, propelling an uncrewed Orion capsule on a flight to a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. That was Artemis…

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#Artemis 2 #Artemis 3 #Artemis program #Human Space Flight #Kennedy Space Center #Marshall Space Flight Center #NASA #Orion #Space Launch System #SpaceX #The Range #United Launch Alliance