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After the Moon the Next Step is Mars: Humanity is Expanding
Although many countries are currently struggling with economic problems, humanity is also pursuing projects that will strengthen its existence in the world despite all the troubles, wars and problems, and even enable it to open up to the Solar System. As the oil and raw material resources in the world are depleted, global warming continues […]
Who is Ahead in the Space Race? Who will Reach the Moon First?
Space Age and Moon Race Our world is moving more and more towards the space age. Yes, there is a serious economic crisis in our world and especially in many countries, but scientific and technological advances in space are very important; because these inventions and technologies can leave a better world for our children and […]
Astronauts who will be Launched on Artemis 2 Manned Lunar Mission are Announced
In the Artemis II Manned Lunar Mission, 4 astronauts comprised of 3 Americans and 1 Canadian, will be announced by NASA to complete a generation-defining mission to the moon’s orbit, returning humans deeper into the solar system than has been reached in five decades since the Apollo Missions. Scheduled to launch in 2024, Artemis II […]
NASA Announces Artemis III Science Lead for the NASA Artemis Program
For the NASA Artemis Program, Noah Petro will be the science lead for Artemis III, which aims to return humans to the Moon by mid-decade, officials announced last week during NASA’s Artemis town hall briefing at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). Petro is the project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The […]
How is NASA Going Back to the Moon with the Artemis Mission?
Before landing the first humans on Mars, NASA wants to return to the lunar surface — but in a way that we’ve never explored the moon before. When the uncrewed Artemis I mission launches on Monday, August 29, it’s just the first step toward the future of space exploration. The last crewed landing on the […]
Artemis I to Bring NASA Back to the Moon starting with a Series of Flights
With the rocket now on the launchpad, the Artemis I Moon mission is getting real: 29 August is the first opportunity for the SLS rocket to blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39B in Florida, USA. This first Artemis mission will put NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module to the test […]
NASA and Boeing Delay Their Joint First Starliner Astronaut Mission to 2023
NASA and Boeing are now targeting early 2023 for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner spacecraft, officials said during a joint press conference Thursday. Launch officials say the mission could take off as early as February, according to Steve Stich, the manager for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner had been slated to get […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts have launched to orbit
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts are in orbit following their launch to the International Space Station at 3:52 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew of astronauts will serve as the fourth commercial crew rotation mission aboard the space station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
April 27, 1961: NASA Launches Explorer 11
On April 27, 1961, NASA launched Explorer 11, a satellite that contained the first gamma ray telescope to go to space. This marked the birth of space-based gamma ray astronomy. Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation and have the highest energy of any kind of wave in the electromagnetic spectrum. These waves come […]
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity had its 10th flight reaching higher then before
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, a tissue-box-sized rotorcraft that landed with the Perseverance rover in February, completed its 10th flight over the red planet on Saturday. Each Ingenuity flight has been more daring than the last. So Saturday’s flight was likely the helicopter’s riskiest yet: If everything went according to plan, Ingenuity climbed 40 feet […]