Artemis II

NASA Shares Artemis Acceleration Plans for Moon Missions

In an update Friday, Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders provided the agency’s path forward to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2028. The briefing included details about NASA’s Artemis III mission that will send four astronauts to low Earth orbit next year to test critical systems needed for future […]

NASA Completes Artemis III Booster Stacking, Shares Status Update 

Progress on NASA’s Artemis III’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket continues at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where teams have completed the integration of the final solid rocket booster motor segments onto the mobile launcher for the “short stack” configuration that will be used during a tanking test. Teams also completed installation of all […]

NASA Releases Artemis II Lunar Science Data, Images

NASA’s Artemis II crew traveled around the Moon and back and, along the way, captured stunning imagery and scientific observations of our nearest neighbor. NASA is making the full lunar science dataset from their journey available Wednesday to the global science community and the public for further study. More than 800 gigabytes of Artemis II […]

NASA Starts Artemis III Engine Install; Boosters, Crew Training Advance

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida began the installation of the four RS-25 engines in the core stage of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the Artemis III crew next year. The milestone on Aug. 24 marks the next phase of core stage integration following the mating of the engine […]

NASA Joins Artemis III Orion Modules; Rocket Hardware Update

NASA is advancing toward Artemis III’s crewed demonstration mission with accelerated, measurable progress across all fronts, outpacing Artemis II integration timelines as teams ready the Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for next year’s mission in low Earth orbit. The Orion crew and service modules were joined together on July 30 inside the […]