Astronauts assigned to the Artemis 2 Moon mission
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The Artemis 2 astronauts were announced in Houston, marking the first time in the 21st century a human crew has been assigned to fly a mission to the Moon.
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Artemis 2 Space Launch System core stage nearly finished
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NASA has finished fully integrating its second Space Launch System core stage, which will be used to send the Artemis 2 mission with four astronauts to the Moon late next year.
Read MoreSpacesuits revealed for Artemis 3 Moon landing
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When NASA astronauts return to the surface of the Moon in the next several years, they’ll be using a spacesuit built by Axiom Space.
Read MoreOpinion: The future of the Artemis program under Joe Biden
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With the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice president of the United States, I felt it best to talk about what is likely to happen in the coming months regarding human spaceflight and NASA as the Biden administration takes over the executive branch of the federal government.
Read MoreNASA seeks Moon ‘dirt’ for purchase
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Do you have Moon rocks to sell, or have a way to collect samples of the lunar surface? If so, you just might have a customer willing to pay for said samples!
On Sept. 10, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced a request for quotations for commercial companies to provide proposals to collect lunar samples from the Moon for the U.S. space agency to purchase.
Read MoreOpinion: Lander choices set NASA up for near- and long-term Moon exploration
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I was not expecting NASA to select SpaceX as one of the three companies to build human landing systems for the Artemis program. However, since the agency is looking to make the effort sustainable during phase two, it makes complete sense.
Read MoreNASA awards contracts for human-rated Moon landers
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Just over a year after the announcement of the Artemis program and its goal to return humans to the surface of the Moon by 2024, NASA has finally awarded the initial contracts for the most important piece of architecture to achieve that goal: human landing systems. These are the first contracts to build human-rated lunar landers since the Apollo era.
Read MoreNASA details how Artemis missions prepare us for Mars
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While some of the near-term details of the Artemis program have yet to be finalized, it appears NASA is well on its way toward formalizing a plan for sustainable lunar and Mars exploration after the agency’s initial surface stay planned for 2024.
Read MoreMoon ahead! Rocket Lab selected to launch Gateway ‘pathfinder’ CubeSat
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Rocket Lab has been selected by NASA to send a small CubeSat toward the Moon on one of the first precursor missions to fly under the overall banner of the U.S. space agency’s Artemis program.
Read More2021 budget request supports 'era-defining exploration'
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In the fiscal year 2021 budget request, NASA looks to gain its largest year-over-year increase in decades as the agency sets its sights on returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024 while working to commercialize low Earth orbit.
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