NASA Gets Extra $1.6 Billion “Down Payment” to Reach the Moon in 2024
14 May 2019, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Donald Trump's amended budget request for the fiscal year 2020 calls for an additional $1.6 billion to be used to fund NASA's plans to return to the Moon
Here’s How We’ll Take Over the Moon - Artemis Lunar Program Updated
26 Sep 2020, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA updates the info on the Artemis program, at least three missions planned by the middle of the decade, including the one with the landing
Rockets and Spacecraft That Will Take Humans to the Moon Travel by Train
17 Jun 2020, 13:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Parts of the Space Launch System Rocket and the Orion spacecraft travel by train from Utah to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Watch in 4K All the Details of the First Artemis Mission to the Moon
20 Dec 2019, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video released by NASA shows in 4K quality all the steps of the future Artemis missions to the Moon, scheduled to start in 2024
NASA Uses Cute Looking 1965 Aircraft to Move Orion Spacecraft
27 Nov 2019, 08:53 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / NASA’s cute looking 1965 aircraft Super Guppy delivers Orion spacecraft to Ohio for testing at Plum Brook Station to prepare for Artemis I mission
This Is How the New Spacesuit for Moonwalks Looks Like
26 Sep 2019, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is working on a new spacesuit for moonwalks called Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit. First tests in orbit coming in 2023
NASA Makes the Moon Great Again, Needs 12 Orion Spacecraft for Artemis Missions
24 Sep 2019, 15:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA awards Artemis contract to Lockheed Martin, plans to build at least six and at most twelve Orion capsules for the program
Artemis Moon Program Science Payloads Announced by NASA
2 Jul 2019, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announces the list of 12 science and technology payloads that will be included in the recently born Artemis Moon program
Watch NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Ace Its Launch Abort Test
2 Jul 2019, 13:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA’s Orion Spacecraft passes launch abort test with flying colors, sending the spacecraft on direct course to its first true mission next year
Orion Spacecraft to Fly on July 2 for Launch Abort Test
21 Jun 2019, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fitted on top of a rocket provided by Northrop Grumman, the Orion will abort launch at 31,000 feet and a speed of 1.3 Mach
NASA Releases Moon 2024 Mission Trailer
20 May 2019, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shows in a three-minute video what it takes to return to the Moon in 2024 and the challenges posed by the attempt of staying there
NASA Orion Spacecraft Conducts First Altitude Abort System Test
29 Mar 2019, 15:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Northrop Grumman Orion capsule performed on March 20 a static hot-fire test of the Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor
The Premieres of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon First Flight into Space
11 Mar 2019, 10:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The SpaceX Crew Dragon linked with the station autonomously, being the first American spacecraft ever to do so in this manner
NASA Rights Space Launch System Huge Hydrogen Tank on Test Pad
17 Jan 2019, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rocket will push into outer space NASA’s Orion spacecraft, and the combo will be used later in its life cycle for a trip or two to Mars
NASA's Orion Spacecraft Starts Critical Design Review for Crewed Flight
31 Dec 2018, 09:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The December Critical Design Review (CDR) was meant to highlight the needed hardware changes between the uncrewed and crewed missions
Orion Spacecraft Assembly to Begin as Engines Arrive to the U.S.
7 Nov 2018, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ESA has completed the delivery of the European Service Module to NASA, the Americans to begin assembly on the Orion spacecraft.
Orion Spacecraft Engine Module to Be Shown on November 16
24 Oct 2018, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA to hold a media briefing on November 16 to celebrate the arrival of the European Service Module for the Orion spacecraft in the U.S.
Orion Spacecraft to Have Engine Delivered by the End of October
9 Oct 2018, 14:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency is ready to deliver the European Service Module to NASA, complete with a repurposed shuttle engine
NASA Drops Orion Spacecraft from Plane, Parachute Test Successful
13 Sep 2018, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The final test of the parachutes that will be used on the Orion spacecraft concluded successfully on Wednesday in Arizona.
Orion Capsule Final Parachute Test to Take Place on September 12
11 Sep 2018, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA will conduct the final test for the parachute system of the Orion capsule this month, planning a 2020 unmanned flight