From the Team: Recovering the Artemis Spacecraft & Crew - YouTube - Orion Program Update - 13 DEC 2024

This week in 2022,the NASA Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery Team and partners with the Department of Defense recovered a mock-up of the Lockheed Martin Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean.Since then,teams and the Artemis II astronauts conducted Underway Recovery Test 11 in 2023 where they practiced reovering crew and the Orion spacecraft.Further tests are planned.*The Artemis II mission will launch from NASA Kennedy Space Center in April 2026.Its 10 day mission around the Moon will take humans farther from Earth than ever before.Crew members are NASA Commander Reid Wiseman,NASA Pilot Victor Glover,NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch and CSA Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.*The recovery ship will be a Landing Dock Ship such as the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49).Landing Dock Ships are amphibious warfare ships equipped with a well deck for launching and recovering amphibious landing craft.*In this video,meet some of the Landing and Recovery team members.*Lockheed Martin (LMT)*Text by NASA Kennedy and edited and augmented by Andrew Taylor

Artemis II Rocket Stacking Begins at NASA's Kennedy Space Center - YouTube - Orion Program Update - O6 December 2024

Engineers and techinicians with the NASA Exploration Ground Systems Program completed stacking of the first Moon rocket segment-the left and right aft assemblies for the agencie's Artemis II Boeing Space and Defense Space Launch System solid rocket boosters (SRB)-onto Mobile Launcher I in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).The first of 10 booster segments will help support the remaining rocket components,the Orion spacecraft and the European Service Module during final assembly of the Artemis II Lockheed Martin Orion spacecraft and Boeing Space and Defense Space Launch System rocket.Liftoff will be from Space Launch Complex 39B at Nasa Kennedy Space Center in April 2026.Note:Because of heat shield damage found on the Artemis I Orion spacecraft,it took engineers several months to devise a correction for the problem.Hence the mission will be delayed from November 2025 to April 2026.It will send humans farther from Earth than ever before.The Artemis II crew consists of NASA Commander Reid Wiseman,NASA Pilot Victor Glover,NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch,and CSA Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)*Text by NASA Kennedy and edited and augmented by Andrew Taylor

Blastoff! SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches Europa Clipper to Jupiter's ocean moon - YouTube - Space.com - astrobiology

The Europa Clipper spacecraft will ascertain whether Jupiter's moon Europa is habitable.

NASA’s Rocket On Roll: Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Vehicle Assembly Building - YouTube - Orion Program Update

1 August 2024-NASA's Boeing Core Stage is now inside KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building.Tug boats and towing vessels moved the Core Stage on the Pegasus barge from NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where it was assembled and manufactured.In the coming months,teams will integrate the Core Stage atop the Mobile Launcher with additional rocket hardware,including the twin solid rocket boosters;launch vehicle stage adapter;and the Orion spacecraft.The mission is slated for a September 2025 launch and will take humans farther from Earth than ever before.*Text by NASA and edited by Andrew Taylor*Boeing (BA)*The crew consists of NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman,NASA Astronaut Victor Glover,NASA Astronaut Christina Koch and CSA Astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

Artemis II Progress at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center - YouTube - Orion Program Update

The mission is slated for a September 2025 launch.It will take humans farther from Earth than ever before.

Dream Chaser Spaceplane CRS-2 Mission Profile animation

The CRS-2 cargo resupply mission to the ISS will be launched on the new Vulcan Centaur rocket built by United Launch Alliance.It will be grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm for docking and release to and from the ISS.The Dream Chaser will land at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Space Shuttle Landing Facility.It is slated to launch sometime in 2024,pending final checks,but no earller than the first half of 2024.*United Launch Alliance is a joint venture by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Blastoff! NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 launches to space station, booster nails landing - short version

Scrub! NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 launch to the International Space Station delayed by weather

The next attempt will be at 10:53 PM EST.In this broadcast,you will learn about some spaceflight traditions and the steps involved when a launch is rescheduled.The audio feed is interrupted off and on.The launch was scrubbed because of high winds.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Arrival

Launch is slated for 1 March 2024.

Intuitive Machines-1 Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast) - 15 February 2024 - NASA Kennedy Space Center - night launch

You will see:liftoff;deployment of IM-1 spacecraft to begin its voyage to the Moon;first acquisition of carrier signal from IM-1 (confirmation of spacecraft communicating with mission control).IM-1 carries six NASA payloads,including a laser reflctor to help with future linar landings and a small radio telescope to scope out the possibilities for radio telescopes on the Moon,and ascertain the level of extraneous interference with Artemis Lunar Science activity.

Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - YouTube

Axiom Space prepares to launch crewed mission from KSC

Note:The mission has been put on hold while SpaceX does some additional checks.Axiom Space's first space station module is to be attached to the ISS in 2026.

About the Dream Chaser Spaceplane

Sierra Space has completed its first Dream Chaser Spaceplane named Tenacity,introducing it on 2 November 2023.It is to autnomously resupply the ISS pending testing by NASA.This mini-shuttle will be launched to the ISS on the new United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket.The company,a subsidiary of the privately held Sierra Nevada Corporation,is also working on a crewed version of the spaceplane.At the conclusion of its cargo missions,the Dream Chaser will land at the Space Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center.*ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Watch SpaceX's 29th Cargo Launch to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - 9 November 2023

The space laser communications to be tested on the ISS are critical for deep space missions,being 100 times faster than current technology.It's especially critical for journeys to Mars.

Psyche Launches to a Metal Asteroid (Official NASA Broadcast) - planetary science - 13 October 2023

Celebrating the Webb Space Telescope’s First Year of Science on This Week@NASA

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SpaceX launches CRS-28 Cargo Dragon mission to space station, nails landing

SpaceX launches Ax-2 crew to the International Space Station, nails booster landing

NASA Gears Up to Train Artemis II Crew for Moon Mission

NASA Gears Up to Train Artemis II Crew for Moon Mission: NASA Gears Up to Train Artemis II Crew for Moon Mission Three of the Artemis II astronauts are active duty military:Captain Reid Wiseman,USN;Captain Victor Glover,USN;and Colonel Jeremy Hansen,Royal Canadian Air Force.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 2 March 2023 Launch Attempt (Official NASA Broadcast in 4K)