winner splash The end of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission marks the end of a historic journey around the moon. But it also triggers a series of crucial post-mission steps for space agencies and astronauts. This handout photo released by NASA shows NASA’s Orion spacecraft landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on … Read more
For most of their time in space, astronauts are connected to Earth through an invisible communications network: voice, information and constant assurance from mission control. However, for NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, there is a decisive point at which all these connections disappear. The astronauts inside the Orion capsule were silent for about 40 minutes as … 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
