Artemis II Crew Named for Upcoming Lunar Orbital Mission
On April 3, NASA announced the selected astronaut crew for the Artemis II mission, planned to launch in November 2024. The team consists of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, […]
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NASA Returns to Spaceflight with Successful Launch of Artemis I Rocket
Early in the morning on November 16, NASA launched its new Artemis mega rocket and kickstarted its program to return humans to the Moon this decade. The spacecraft includes the […]
Candidate Landing Regions for Artemis III Target Lunar Ice
NASA recently announced 13 candidate landing regions for Artemis III, which will be the first mission to send humans to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The candidate regions, […]
Call for Artemis Science White Papers
Dear Colleague, In 2024, NASA will launch the Artemis III mission to the Moon’s South Pole, the first human mission to the surface of the Moon in the 21st century. In […]
Private Companies Selected by NASA to Develop Lunar Landers
NASA announced the selection of three companies to develop systems for landing Artemis mission astronauts on the Moon in 2024 and beyond. Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX have been collectively […]
Orion Module Passes Space Environment Tests
The Orion module, which consists of the NASA-built crew module and the ESA-built European Service Module, successfully finished thermal vacuum testing prior to being shipped to its final destination of […]
Meet VIPER, NASA’s New Lunar Rover
The presence of water-ice on the Moon has the potential to significantly assist future human visitors to Earth’s satellite by providing oxygen to breath and hydrogen for fuel, but the […]
Lunar Science Forum 2013 – Logistics and Agenda
The Virtual NASA Lunar Science Forum 2013 (LSF2013): Third Announcement Please visit our website at http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/ and click on the Forum link or go directly to http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/lsf2013/ for complete information about […]