Artemis 3

Artemis
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Human Landing System Program
Humans in Space
Space Launch System (SLS)
As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. These areas will be further investigated through scientific and engineering study. NASA will continue to survey potential areas for […]
Posted October 28, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Directorates
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
Scientists and engineers tested NASA’s LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station) instrument suite in a “sandbox” of simulated Moon “soil.”
Posted September 26, 2024
Ames Research Center
Artemis
Artemis 3
Human Landing System Program
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA and its industry partners continue to make progress toward Artemis III and beyond, the first crewed lunar landing missions under the agency’s Artemis campaign. SpaceX, the commercial Human Landing System (HLS) provider for Artemis III and Artemis IV, recently tested a 1.2% scale model of the Super Heavy rocket, or booster, in the transonic […]
Posted September 10, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 3
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA Directorates
Space Launch System (SLS)
From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converged, delivering key spacecraft and rocket components of NASA’s Artemis campaign to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Sept.
Posted September 5, 2024
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis
Artemis 3
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA is preparing space at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for upcoming assembly activities of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for future Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis III.
Posted August 27, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 3
Artemis Campaign Development Division
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Goddard Space Flight Center
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Johnson's Mission Control Center
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas recently performed four moonwalk simulations to help NASA prepare for its Artemis III mission. Due to launch in September 2026, Artemis III will land two, yet-to-be-selected, astronauts at the Moon’s South Pole for the first time.
Posted July 1, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
Artemis
Artemis 2
Artemis 3
Artemis 4
General
Glenn Research Center
Humans in Space
Space Launch System (SLS)
As a child learning about basic engineering, you probably tried and failed to join a square-shaped toy with a circular-shaped toy: you needed a third shape to act as an adapter and connect them both together. On a much larger scale, integration of NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and the Orion spacecraft for […]
Posted June 25, 2024
Human Landing System Program
Artemis
Artemis 3
Astronauts
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Spacesuits
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
The physics remain the same, but the rockets, spacecraft, landers, and spacesuits are new as NASA and its industry partners prepare for Artemis astronauts to walk on the Moon for the first time since 1972. NASA astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson put on spacesuits, developed by Axiom Space, to interact […]
Posted June 4, 2024
Humans in Space
Andre Douglas
Artemis
Artemis 3
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Goddard Space Flight Center
Johnson Space Center
Kathleen Rubins
Science Mission Directorate
Spacesuits
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
To prepare for exploring the Moon during NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency is conducting a week-long field test in the lunar-like landscape of San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona to practice moonwalk scenarios.
Posted May 14, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 2
Artemis 3
Humans in Space
I Am Artemis
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA’s Lauren Fisher, lead engineer for the thermal protection systems on Artemis III’s LVSA, discusses how her unusual background in music performance and education makes her a stronger engineer.
Posted May 9, 2024
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