NASA SpaceX has announced crew assignments for its SpaceX Crew-13 mission, which is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than mid-September. The mission brings together astronauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and Roscosmos for a long-term scientific expedition in low Earth orbit. The four-person team will join Expedition 75 upon … Read more
The latest failure of the Blue Origin mission raises new questions about the program’s timeline NASAof the Artemis program, although the space agency was not directly involved in the launch. The company’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket successfully lifted off, but failed to put a commercial satellite into the correct orbit, resulting in the loss of … Read more
The Orion capsule carrying the Artemis 2 crew landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California after completing a historic voyage around the moon. While the world celebrates the crew’s safe return, the internet does what it does best: ask weird questions that no one else is asking. An X user’s curiosity … Read more
NASAThe Artemis 2 mission completed another difficult milestone when it restored basic communications with mission control after about 40 minutes of darkness. When the Orion spacecraft passed the far side of the moon, radio communications were completely lost due to the moon’s obstruction. This “loss of signal” (LOS) time is a true test of the … Read more
Astrophysicist Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan Priya Natarajan is a distinguished astrophysicist and the first Joseph S. and Sophia S. Fruton Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University. She also serves as external principal investigator for Harvard University’s Black Hole Initiative. Professor Natarajan has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the universe, particularly in dark … Read more
NASAArtemis 2 astronauts will embark on a historic journey to the moon to study the lunar surface with what chief scientist Kelsey Young calls “the best camera ever or ever to exist” – their own eyes. As of early Sunday, the four-person crew of three Americans, commander Reed Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina … Read more
Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis 2 astronauts are preparing for their historic flight around the moon to reach deeper into space than the Apollo astronauts. This photo provided by NASA shows the complete appearance of the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis 2 lunar landing mission. (Associated Press) On the downside, their … Read more
NASAThe Artemis 2 mission was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in the eastern United States at 6:35 pm Eastern Time on April 1 Florida. The four astronauts will embark on a 10-day, 685,000-mile journey that will take them around the moon, commonly known as a lunar flyby. Artemis 2 mission: Despite mission significance, … Read more
