Artemis

I Am Artemis: Julia Khodabandeh

Unlike most of her friends in the 80s who covered their walls with posters of bands, Julia Khodabandeh plastered hers with posters of rockets and fighter jets. Khodabandeh’s interest in aerospace and aeronautics developed at a young age. Her parents were avid fans of the Apollo Program and were heavily invested in her education. Khodabandeh’s […]

Posted August 7, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 2

Kennedy Space Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy

Teams transport NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 24, 2024.

Posted August 2, 2024

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Goddard Space Flight Center

Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

NASA, JAXA Bounce Laser Beam Between Moon’s Surface and Lunar Orbit

NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal.

Posted July 29, 2024

Gateway Space Station

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Gateway Program

Johnson Space Center

Earth to Gateway: Electric Field Tests Enhance Lunar Communication

Learn how engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center are using electric field testing to optimize communications for the Gateway space station that will support Artemis exploration of the Moon.

Posted July 29, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 2

Kennedy Space Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Gets Lift on Earth

Crane operator Rebekah Tolatovicz, a shift mechanical technician lead for Artic Slope Regional Corporation at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operates a 30-ton crane to lift the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft out of the recently renovated altitude chamber to the Final Assembly and Systems Testing, or FAST, cell inside NASA Kennedy’s N

Posted July 26, 2024

Artemis

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Goddard Space Flight Center

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Communications Technology

Ground Antenna Trio to Give NASA’s Artemis Campaign ‘LEGS’ to Stand On

Background NASA’s LEGS can do more than help Earthlings move about the planet. Three Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, or LEGS, will enhance the Near Space Network’s communications services and support of NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Posted July 22, 2024

Humans in Space

Advanced Space Suits

Artemis

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Johnson Space Center

Spacesuits

xEVA & Human Surface Mobility

Exploring the Moon: Episode Previews

Discover. Learn. Explore. NASA’s video series, Exploring the Moon, takes a “behind-the-scenes” look at humanity’s next steps on the Moon. Here is your first look at some of the key moments from the upcoming series! Scroll down or navigate through CONTENTS, to the side, to explore! Watch the Series Trailer Now! Who, What, When, Where, […]

Posted July 19, 2024

Artemis

I Am Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

People of Marshall

People of NASA

Space Launch System (SLS)

I am Artemis: John Campbell

How do you move NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s massive 212-foot-long core stage across the country? You do it with a 300-foot-long barge. However, NASA’s Pegasus barge isn’t just any barge. It’s a vessel with a history, and John Campbell, a logistics engineer for the agency based at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in […]

Posted July 19, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Space Launch System (SLS)

From One Crew to Another: Artemis II Astronauts Meet NASA Barge Crew

Members of the Artemis II crew met with the crew of NASA’s Pegasus barge prior to their departure to deliver the core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to the Space Coast. NASA astronaut and pilot of the Artemis II mission Victor Glover met the crew July 15. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander, […]

Posted July 19, 2024

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis

Artemis 2

Common Exploration Systems Development Division

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Stennis Space Center

NASA Ships Moon Rocket Stage Ahead of First Crewed Artemis Flight

NASA rolled out the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s core stage for the Artemis II test flight from its manufacturing facility in New Orleans on Tuesday for shipment to the agency’s spaceport in Florida. The rollout is key progress on the path to NASA’s first crewed mission to the Moon under the Artemis campaign. Using […]

Posted July 17, 2024