On April 1, 2026, Artemis II launched on an almost 10-day voyage across the Moon, marking the primary crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, together with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, splashed down on April 10 within the Pacific Ocean off the coast of…
NASA’s Artemis II mission administration group polled “Go” for the translunar injection burn to ship the crew within the Orion spacecraft towards the Moon and ship people round Earth’s closest celestial neighbor for the primary time since Apollo 17 in 1972. The spacecraft will ignite its predominant engine on the service module for 5 minutes…
At 11:21 am EDT on Friday, March 20, NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad 39B after an 11-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the company’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 started its 4-mile trek with the built-in SLS and Orion stacked…
NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft slated to ship 4 astronauts across the Moon started rolling to Launch Pad 39B at 12:20 am EDT on Friday, March 20. Rollout operations on the company’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida had been delayed earlier within the day due to excessive winds within…
