Inverted Rocket Firing Is How You Test Orion’s Launch Abort System
4 Apr 2022, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin announce the completion of testing for the launch abort system that will be fitted on Orion for Artemis II
Jeff Bezos Gets New Chance to Fly Blue Moon, Musk’s Starship to Land First Artemis Mission
24 Mar 2022, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA said this week it will award someone a new contract for Moon landers destined for missions past Artemis III, official request coming this summer
Massive Moon Rocket Is Out and About for the First Time, Heading for the Launch Pad
18 Mar 2022, 07:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA rolls out the Space Launch System rocket of the Artemis program for the first time, structure on route to launch pad for wet dress rehearsal test
Space Launch System Boosters Now Have the NASA Worm
16 Mar 2022, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA completes the painting of the iconic worm logo on the boosters of the Space Launch System rocket, SLS moving to the pad this week
Astrolab’s FLEX Moon Buggy Flexes Serious Muscle on First Test Drive
14 Mar 2022, 06:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The buggy has a modular payload interface and supports intermodal transportation, for sustainable mobility on the Moon and Mars
Perseverance Took 11 Million Human Names to Mars, NASA Plans to Fly Some Around the Moon
3 Mar 2022, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA opens registration books for people willing to send their names on a trip around the Moon on Artemis I, boarding passes issued
NASA Keeps Space Launch System Flight Batteries in Superstore-Like Glass Door Fridge
22 Feb 2022, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA shows how it stores flight batteries for the Space Launch System rocket at 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4.4 degrees Celsius)
Porsche Landjet Electrified Flagship Gets Imagined as Ultra Sedan Instead of CUV
16 Feb 2022, 07:51 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at Kolesa have a change of CGI heart regarding the outcome of the Porsche-Bentley-Audi Project Landjet, with a little help from motor.es
Here Is What NASA’s New Artemis 8-Seat Astrovan Should Be All About
13 Feb 2022, 03:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA wants a new, improved and electrified means of transportation to the launch pad for the crews of the Artemis program.
Here Are the Space Launch System Solid Rocket Boosters in a Few Hard to Grasp Numbers
12 Feb 2022, 03:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The solid rocket boosters on the Space Launch System rocket provide up to 75 percent of thrust during the first moments of the flight
Snoopy Is NASA’s Low Tech Zero Gravity Indicator for Artemis I
5 Feb 2022, 05:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA will be sending into space on board Artemis I a Snoopy doll in honor of half a century of relations with the Charles Schulz character
Small Autonomous Robots May Soon Infest the Moon to Dig Up Its Secrets, in 3D
29 Jan 2022, 06:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explorers (CADRE) is how NASA calls an army of robots that may map the Moon for us
Tiny Spacecraft Gears Up to Visit Small Asteroid, Will Use the Sun to Get There
21 Jan 2022, 01:59 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NEA Scout is a tiny spacecraft that has a big goal: to reach asteroid 2020 GE, a near-Earth object smaller than a school bus
NASA Contradicts Own Artemis I Launch Timer, to Roll Out SLS in Mid-February
12 Jan 2022, 12:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rollout of the Space Launch System for the Artemis I launch to take place sometime in mid-February, official timer says launch scheduled for February 12
NASA Is Gearing Up for a Hot 2022, Here Are the Missions Planned for This Year
4 Jan 2022, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA has big plans for 2022, that include the first Artemis mission to the Moon and the first attempt at changing the trajectory of an asteroid
Here Is the Heart That Will Keep the Orion Spacecraft Alive
4 Dec 2021, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion spacecraft that will depart for the Moon in 2022 gets its power from a space shuttle-derived module made in Europe
This Whale-Shaped Plane Swallows Large Cargo to Help Astronauts Return to the Moon
4 Dec 2021, 02:00 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's bizzare-looking plane is helping the space agency prepare for future Artemis missions that will return astronauts to the Moon
Northrop Grumman to Build Boosters for NASA's SLS Megarocket
4 Dec 2021, 01:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA awarded Northrop Grumman a $3.19 billion contract to build boosters for its mega moon rocket, which will support the next six SLS flights
Artemis I Countdown Timer Is Live, Here’s Where to Track Remaining Days
1 Dec 2021, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA allows to public to take part in the Artemis I pre-launch jitters by allowing people access to a countdown timer to the February launch
Northrop Grumman Announces Next-Gen Lunar Rover To Support Human Exploration of the Moon
17 Nov 2021, 09:37 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Northrop Grumman and a team of experts from AVL, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Michelin are working on developing the next-gen Lunar Terrain Vehicle.