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IN A NUTSHELL 🌕 The Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) is designed to navigate the Moon’s extreme conditions and extend mission capabilities. 🔋 General Motors is leveraging its battery technology to provide the LTV with a rechargeable battery lasting up to ten years. 🛠️ The LTV features advanced mobility technologies like Crab Walking and zero-point turning for lunar navigation. 🚀 NASA’s …

From left to right, NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA’s Christina Koch For the crew that’s going to return humanity to the Moon, the Artemis 2 mission astronauts recently said they were fully ready and focused on the task at hand, with everything else being just noise. Everything else is a lot, since …

No one will be able to sleep when the launch window opens, however. Wiseman: About seven seconds prior to liftoff, the four main engines light, and they come up to full power. And then the solids light, and that’s when you’re going. What’s crazy to me is that it’s six and a half seconds into flight before the solids clear …

NASA Artemis II Astronauts Aim to Make Space Great for All  The New York Times Artemis II: astronauts ready to go to Moon “for all humanity”  BBC NASA Artemis II Crew Holds News Conference  C-SPAN Artemis II Crew Members Name Their Orion Spacecraft  NASA (.gov) ‘We are ready for every scenario.’ NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts say they’re all set for historic flight to the …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 NASA’s Artemis II mission aims to return humans to the Moon, a first since 1972. 🔧 The Space Launch System has undergone enhancements for a safer and more efficient mission. 💰 The program has faced budget overruns and delays, increasing costs by $6 billion. 🌕 The mission will pave the way for future lunar explorations and …

The spacecraft that will carry astronauts to lunar realms for the first time in more than half a century now has a name. The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, who could launch on their trip around the moon as early as Feb. 5, announced today (Sept. 24) that they have named their Orion capsule “Integrity.” “The name Integrity …

HOUSTON — The first astronauts to visit the moon in the 21st century can’t wait for their trip. The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission to the moon, which could launch as early as Feb. 5 of next year, are deep in training for the first crewed lunar flight in over 50 years. They’ll launch atop NASA’s giant Space …

The Artemis II crew (from the right): Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen pose in front of their Orion spacecraft, which they have named “Integrity.” Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak Whole and undivided Ultimately, Integrity was inspired by something one of their instructors said while on a team-building trip to Iceland. “He coined this for us, and we held …

HOUSTON — NASA’s ambitious mission to return astronauts to the moon for the first time this century is on track to launch no later than April 2026, but it just might fly sooner if all goes well. The 10-day-long Artemis 2 mission, which will fly four astronauts around the moon on NASA’s Orion spacecraft, could lift off as early as …

NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) has cast doubt on SpaceX’s Starship making the 2027 Artemis III lunar landing deadline. According to reports, ASAP has warned there is every chance that SpaceX’s Human Landing System (HLS) won’t be ready in time. Artemis III is the mission where NASA plans to put astronaut boots back on the Moon. It is scheduled …