Artemis

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
Kennedy Space Center
Artemis
Artemis 2
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Test Facility and Support Infrastructure
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Art and science merge as teams add the NASA “worm” logo on the SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters and the Orion spacecraft’s crew module adapter at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the agency’s Artemis II mission. The iconic logo was introduced in 1975 by the firm of Danne & Blackburn as […]
Posted February 16, 2024
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Kennedy Space Center
At 1:05 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, named Odysseus, lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Posted February 15, 2024
Kennedy Space Center
Artemis
Researchers are studying data from a recent suborbital flight test to better understand lunar regolith, or Moon dust, and its potentially damaging effects as NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the lunar surface under the Artemis campaign.
Posted February 15, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Marshall Space Flight Center
A suite of NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations is on the way to our nearest celestial neighbor for the benefit of humanity. Through this flight to the Moon, they will provide insights into the lunar surface environment and test technologies for future landers and Artemis astronauts. At 1:05 a.m.
Posted February 15, 2024
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Goddard Space Flight Center
Technology
NASA is using a simple but effective technology called Laser Retroreflective Arrays (LRAs) to determine the locations of lunar landers more accurately. They will be attached to most of the landers from United States companies as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) initiative.
Posted February 13, 2024
NASA Headquarters
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Missions
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated Feb. 8, 2024, to reflect an updated date and time for the lunar delivery readiness media teleconference. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 12:57 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 14, for a Falcon 9 launch of Intuitive […]
Posted February 7, 2024
Artemis
RS-25
Space Launch System (SLS)
Stennis Space Center
Clouds of white vapor pile up at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, during a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 17, 2024. This test series is critical for future flights of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in support of the Artemis campaign. During the Jan. 17 […]
Posted February 1, 2024
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
In February 2024, Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission will launch to the Moon’s South Polar region, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative. This mission is part of CLPS’ ongoing effort to bring down the cost for science investigations and technology demonstrations going to the Moon and to make them more routine […]
Posted February 1, 2024
Advanced Space Suits
Artemis
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Spacesuits
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency is working to land astronauts on the lunar surface during Artemis III, laying the groundwork for a long-term human presence at the Moon for the benefit of all. When the Artemis astronauts take their first steps near the South Pole of the Moon, they will be wearing a […]
Posted January 29, 2024
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