Tag: Moon
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Space Symposium returns for 41st edition with focus on Artemis program, successful moon mission
This week, leaders from around the globe are gathering in Colorado Springs for the annual Space Symposium with a renewed focus on moon missions following the return of the Artemis II astronauts. The splashdown came as NASA and private industry focus on deep space exploration, thanks in no small part to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.…
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Artemis II astronauts channel Apollo 8 with a striking Earthset photo
HOUSTON (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8. A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking new photos taken by the U.S.-Canadian crew. The four astronauts channeled Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise shot from 1968 with their own: Earthset, showing our planet setting behind the gray,…
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NASA clears its Artemis moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts following repairs
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, leading to a launch attempt as early…
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‘All systems go:’ Lockheed Martin says first humans could return to moon this February
It was 53 years ago that Apollo astronauts last flew a lunar mission, but a human return to the moon really is about to happen — maybe just six months from now, NASA and Lockheed Martin executives told a crowd at Denver Museum of Nature & Science Wednesday. NASA’s Artemis II mission, with a crew…
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Solar eclipse in Colorado: Best places to watch
Denver will max out at 65% totality during the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024
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ispace opens new headquarters in Centennial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ispace Technologies USA, a subsidiary of ispace Inc., officially opened the doors to its Denver-based headquarters near Centennial Airport — giving way to Earth-to-moon transportation and space exploration technologies. “We planted ourselves here partly because we knew this was a hub of excellent engineering,” Ryan…
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Observatory on far side of Earth’s moon could spy universe’s ‘Dark Ages’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Engineers and robots from Earth could begin construction on FarView, an astronomical observatory that would expand over 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) of the moon’s surface as early as 2030, according to a University of Colorado Boulder news release Tuesday. The observatory would be…
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NASA’s Artemis set to blast off Saturday
NASA officials are more confident Saturday’s launch attempt of its Artemis I mission to the moon will succeed after poring over data that led to Monday’s scrub. The weather may cooperate, as well. In fact, Monday’s scrub at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center might have been unnecessary after NASA discovered the main reason for it was…
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Lockheed Martin, Artemis I
Ron Nelthorpe, Senior Manager Program Planning talking about Artemis I flight
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Denver’s ispace unveils new lunar lander on Space Symposium’s opening day
Denver-based ispace technologies USA, a subsidiary of ispace Inc., designed the company’s “Series 2” lunar lander to carry bigger payloads, have the ability to land or orbit the moon, and survive a lunar night, officials announced Monday. At a news conference on the opening day of the 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CEO Takeshi…