The four-person crew of Artemis II is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida preparing to lift off and travel to the moon as early as Wednesday — and getting ready for any hurdles space may throw at them. The astronauts’ round-trip space journey will cover nearly half a million miles over nine days. They will … Read more
Planning for worst-case scenario at the Artemis II launch – CBS News Watch CBS News While final preparations are underway for the Artemis II launch, “CBS Saturday Morning” takes a peek behind-the-scenes at the plans being made for if the crew needs to be rescued. Source link
It’s the dawn of a new lunar era for NASA, with the four-person Artemis II crew arriving Friday afternoon at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center after spending two weeks quarantining in Houston. CBS News space contributor Christian Davenport joins “The Takeout” to preview the mission. Source link
Four NASA astronauts are gearing up for a historic mission to return humans to deep space for the first time in over 50 years. The crew touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday for final preparations ahead of next week’s planned Artemis II launch. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has … Read more
The Artemis II astronauts flew to the Kennedy Space Center Friday to prepare for the scheduled April 1 launch that will take them on a nearly 700,000-mile voyage around the moon and back, the first crew to leave Earth orbit since the final Apollo mission a half century ago. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor … Read more
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, the astronaut who was medically evacuated from the International Space Station, joined CBS News 24/7 Mornings with more details on the unexpected event and his take on the Artemis II mission to scope the moon. Source link
No Americans have stepped foot on the moon’s surface since 1972, the last year of NASA’s Apollo lunar missions, which safely landed Neil Armstrong and 11 more astronauts on the surface of the moon. For years, NASA’s Artemis mission has aimed toward sending people back to the moon to land on its south pole. When … Read more
NASA’s Artemis II rocket is back on the launch pad after repairs inside the massive Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. Early next month, NASA will try, for a second time, to send a crew of four on a flyby of the moon. Mark Strassmann has more. Source link
The Artemis II rocket, which will send astronauts around the far side of the moon, is returning to the launch pad after an issue forced NASA to roll the rocket back for repairs last month. NASA hopes to launch the rocket in the beginning of April. Mark Strassmann has the latest. Source link
NASA’s repaired Artemis II moon rocket began a glacial 12-hour trip back to the launch pad early Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting the stage for a delayed April 1 launch to send four astronauts on a historic nine-day flight around the moon and back. Mounted atop a powerful Apollo-era crawler-transporter, the … Read more