Artemis 3

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
Human Landing System Program
Artemis
Artemis 3
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Under NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency and its partners will send large pieces of equipment to the lunar surface to enable long-term scientific exploration of the Moon for the benefit of all.
Posted April 19, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Technology
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will build a moonquake detector for astronauts to deploy on the Moon in 2026 during the Artemis III mission, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.   NASA selected the instrument, the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) […]
Posted April 16, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Science & Research
Technology
NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific data about the lunar environment, the lunar interior, and how to sustain a long-duration human presence on the Moon, which […]
Posted March 26, 2024
Humans in Space
Artemis
Artemis 3
Johnson Space Center
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
When NASA sends astronauts to the South Pole region of the Moon for the first time with its Artemis campaign, they will capture photos with a handheld camera to help advance scientific research and discovery for the benefit of all. NASA and Nikon Inc. recently signed a Space Act Agreement that outlines how they will work together […]
Posted February 29, 2024
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis
Artemis 3
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
As NASA works to develop all the systems needed to return astronauts to the Moon under its Artemis campaign for the benefit of all, the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will be responsible for launching astronauts on their journey. With the liquid oxygen tank now fully welded, all of the major structures that will form […]
Posted February 16, 2024
Earth's Moon
Artemis 3
As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon.
Posted January 25, 2024
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