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NASA held a media event on September 8, 2022 to discuss the status of Artemis 1. Hosting the event was Kathrine Hambleton, of NASA’s Office of Communications. The event participants were Jim Free, NASA’s Associate Administrator For Exploration Systems Development Directorate, Mike Bolger, Exploration Ground Systems Program Manager at Kennedy Space Center, and John Blevins,

Update: The fiber optic cable providing Internet got cut with a chainsaw at 12:25 PM CDT. It’s Texas; what can I say. Here belatedly is the coverage that would have otherwise taken place. A special thanks should be extended to Derail Nail, who is with NASA’s communications team, for his excellent and timely narration of

Update: On 11/13 the Orion AR/VR experience was updated. If you are like us, you probably would like to know more about the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft that is heading to the Moon today. Better yet, perhaps you’d like to have an AR experience and sit in the spacecraft. Or at least be able to

On Friday, November 11th, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Jim Free held a media event to provide an update on how the Artemis launch vehicle weathered Hurricane Nicole. On the evening of Sunday, November 13th, the Artemis I mission management team met to follow-up on the status of the Artemis 1

This evening, NASA held a media event to offer an update on the latest developments for an Artemis 1 launch attempt on November 16. Jeremy Parson, EGS Program deputy manager, and Mike Sarafin, Artemis 1 mission manager presented a picture of a launch vehicle that is ready to end the 50 year hiatus of NASA

Yesterday, April 20 at 8:33 CST, SpaceX attempted its first orbital launch of the Starship (S24) and Super Heavy Booster (B7). Starship succeeded in clearing the launch tower and surviving through MaxQ, or maximum dynamic pressure, but was terminated 4 minutes after launch. Update: Mike Killian’s camera’s last image as it was destroyed by a

NASA held a media event on December 5 to discuss the findings regarding the Artemis I Orion heatshield issues that occurred during its reentry after a successful test flight, including NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Jim Free, Artemis II Mission Commander Reid Wiseman, and Moon To Mars Program head Amit

Today, Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reset NASA’s Moon program. Sean Duffy announced today that he was re-opening NASA’s HLS contract. As a justification, Duffy stated that SpaceX’s Starship lunar lander was behind schedule and its delays put at risk NASA landing astronauts on the Moon by 2029. He added that Starship’s delays would open

Week of January 18 The Orion spacecraft, consisting of the crew module, crew module adapter, and service module, that will fly four astronauts to the Moon on the Artemis II mission in the spring of 2025 is considerably advanced over its Artemis I sibling. The differences of the Artemis I and Artemis II Orion spacecraft

Jeff Seibert, our video editor, recorded the Artemis II launch. Here are his photos and video. We hope you find them as amazing as do we. Jeff had three cameras in the image below.