CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of Apollo’s workforce was still alive. Now in their 80s and 90s, the dwindling survivors of NASA’s … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between Apollo and NASA’s new Artemis program are inevitable. The world’s first lunar visitors orbited … Read more
Weather forecast for NASA’s moon launch – CBS News Watch CBS News While NASA is prepared for Wednesday’s launch, the weather could have other plans. Andrew Kozak has the forecast. Source link
NASA’s Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch on April 1, with the four-person crew composed of three Americans and one Canadian, which includes the first woman, the first person of color and the first Canadian expected to travel to the moon. Source link
The gumdrop-shaped Orion spacecraft can carry up to four passengers. At 16.5 feet wide, it has a habitable volume of around 330 cubic feet. So the crew members have been training to sleep, eat, exercise, use the bathroom and communicate with ground controllers in very tight quarters. The Orion capsule includes a space toilet (with … Read more
Future heat shields will feature design changes to fix the issue —specifically, a more permeable layer of outer material — NASA officials said. But for Artemis II, the heat shield remains the same. To avoid risk to the astronauts, mission managers’ strategy is to alter the capsule’s re-entry path. Ordinarily, before it begins its final … Read more
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