Moon Mission
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NASA’s Artemis II Moon Crew Available for Interviews in Washington
The four astronauts who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II will visit Washington Wednesday, May 17, through Friday, May 19, to discuss their upcoming mission and are available for a limited number of in-person media opportunities. The crew will visit the area to speak with members of Congress, meet with leaders at the Canadian Embassy, visit the Smithsonian’s National…
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NASA to Discuss Findings from Successful Artemis I Moon Mission
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST Tuesday, March 7, to provide an update on data analyzed thus far on the agency’s Artemis I Moon mission, the first integrated flight test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, uncrewed Orion spacecraft, and associated ground systems. Audio of the call will livestream on the agency’s website at: https://www.nasa.gov/live NASA’s…
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CAPSTONE Forges New Path for NASA’s Future Artemis Moon Missions
NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft has completed final maneuvers to place it in its target orbit around the Moon, refining its path in the orbit it arrived to last week. The spacecraft now is in the operational phase of its pathfinding mission, during which it will test an orbit key to future Artemis missions and demonstrate new technologies for spacecraft operating near…
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Press Releases
Lunar Logistics Services and Astrobotic Awarded to Fly ESA Payload to the Moon
Today at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress in Paris, Astrobotic and Lunar Logistics Services (LLS) announced they have been competitively selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to fly an innovative landing sensor camera, called LandCam-X, to the Moon in 2024 on Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (GM1). This will be the first ever commercial delivery to the Moon contracted by…
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NASA Sets Coverage for Artemis I Moon Mission Next Launch Attempt
NASA is targeting 2:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 3, for the launch of Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There is a two-hour launch window for the next attempt. The Artemis I flight test is an uncrewed mission around the Moon…
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NASA to Discuss Status of Artemis I Moon Mission
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 20, to discuss next steps for the Artemis I mission with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Audio of the call will livestream on NASA’s website. Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy, technicians continue to prepare SLS…
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All Aboard! Peregrine payloads, navigation, and Nelson
All 24 Peregrine payloads have been successfully integrated to its flight decks. Check out our manifest page to read about everything headed to the Moon later this year!TRN Ready for LaunchAstrobotic’s Space Robotics team successfully integrated the OPAL Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) compute hardware and associated camera to Peregrine’s flight decks. TRN is designed to enable precise and safe landings on the Moon,…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Raises Orbit a Fourth Time For NASA’s CAPSTONE Moon Mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today confirmed its Photon Lunar spacecraft has successfully brought the CAPSTONE satellite for NASA closer to the Moon with the completion of its fourth orbit raising maneuver. After CAPSTONE was successfully delivered to space on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket and Photon Lunar…
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CAPSTONE Launches to Test New Orbit for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions
NASA’s CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA’s Artemis program, including astronaut missions. The Cislunar Autonomous…
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NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for CAPSTONE Mission to Moon
NASA will air live launch coverage of the agency’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE), the first spacecraft to fly a specific unique lunar orbit ahead of future missions with crew. CAPSTONE is targeted to launch no earlier than Monday, June 27, aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia,…
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