Tag: Nasa
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Artemis II’s record-breaking journey around the moon ends with dramatic splashdown
HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose record-breaking lunar flyby revealed not only swaths of the moon’s far side —…
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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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Artemis toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward moon to break Apollo 13’s record
HOUSTON — Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their toilet is on the blink again. The three Americans and one Canadian are set to reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom…
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Colorado sends NASA around the moon with Artemis II launch
When NASA’s Space Launch System at Kennedy Space Center in Florida fires its engines for the second time in history, it will be flying because of more than 14,000 Coloradans. It will carry four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, on a 10-day course around the moon in what may be the most consequential NASA…
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Moon mission could launch April 1 — but can Colorado land aerospace growth?
In two weeks, NASA could send its first crewed mission to the moon in 53 years. Rolling back out to the pad at Cape Kennedy, the 322-foot Artemis II rocket is a bit shorter than the Saturn V ship that carried three astronauts around the moon in 1968. The new mission, which will loop the…
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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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NASA taps Colorado companies to lead development on telescope searching for life on other planet
NASA has selected two Colorado companies to help develop a future NASA space telescope that will look for signs of life on other planets. The flagship project, called the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will be the first space telescope purpose built to observe planets orbiting distant stars. It will seek to answer one of humanities ongoing…
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Colorado-built Dream Chaser loses NASA missions, delayed again
The Dream Chaser, the long-awaited reusable spaceplane inspired by the Space Shuttle, could be chasing its own dreams for a little while longer. NASA announced on Thursday that it significantly changed the terms of the contract it awarded in 2016 to Louisville-based Sierra Space, the aerospace and defense company behind Dream Chaser. The company and…
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ispace opens Denver control center for lunar missions
The new operational facility will lead NASA’s mission to better understand the dark side of the moon and its history.
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NASA picks Lockheed Martin to develop lightning mapper for $300M
Part of it will be developed out of the defense and aerospace contractor’s Waterton Canyon campus in Littleton with the GeoXO weather satellite.