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  • NASA Shares Artemis Acceleration Plans for Moon Missions

    Four people sit behind a curved desk with microphones in a studio setting. A large screen behind them displays the words “ARTEMIS ACCELERATION” over an image of the Moon’s surface. A NASA flag stands at the right side of the stage. The desk is illuminated with blue lighting, and papers and a laptop are visible on the tabletop.

    In an update Friday, Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders provided the agency’s path forward to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2028. The briefing included details about NASA’s Artemis III mission that will send four astronauts to low Earth orbit next year to test critical systems needed for future […]

  • NASA Completes Artemis III Booster Stacking, Shares Status Update 

    Inside a large industrial facility, two white rocket booster segments stand upright on the ground level, surrounded by scaffolding, platforms, and bright work lights. Two pointy nose cones pieces of hardware atop the booster segments.

    Progress on NASA’s Artemis III’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket continues at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where teams have completed the integration of the final solid rocket booster motor segments onto the mobile launcher for the “short stack” configuration that will be used during a tanking test. Teams also completed installation of all […]

  • NASA Releases Artemis II Lunar Science Data, Images

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    NASA’s Artemis II crew traveled around the Moon and back and, along the way, captured stunning imagery and scientific observations of our nearest neighbor. NASA is making the full lunar science dataset from their journey available Wednesday to the global science community and the public for further study. More than 800 gigabytes of Artemis II […]

  • NASA Starts Artemis III Engine Install; Boosters, Crew Training Advance

    A rocket engine sits on a yellow transport platform inside a large industrial facility. Several technicians wearing hard hats and safety gear stand around the engine, inspecting and guiding it. The engine’s bell nozzle faces downward, and complex piping and hardware are visible at the top. Bright blue structural frames and elevated yellow walkways surround the work area, with additional equipment and machinery in the background.

    Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida began the installation of the four RS-25 engines in the core stage of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the Artemis III crew next year. The milestone on Aug. 24 marks the next phase of core stage integration following the mating of the engine […]

  • NASA Joins Artemis III Orion Modules; Rocket Hardware Update

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    NASA is advancing toward Artemis III’s crewed demonstration mission with accelerated, measurable progress across all fronts, outpacing Artemis II integration timelines as teams ready the Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for next year’s mission in low Earth orbit. The Orion crew and service modules were joined together on July 30 inside the […]

  • NASA Taps SpaceX’s Starlink to Deliver Artemis III Imagery from Orion

    NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver laser communications capabilities for next year’s Artemis III mission, enabling the agency to provide a front row seat for viewers from the Orion spacecraft as four astronauts test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and test versions of commercial human landing systems needed to return astronauts to the Moon in 2028.  To supplement Orion’s existing communications system, NASA will install two of SpaceX’s Starlink mini laser terminals – the same laser […]

  • NASA’s Artemis III Flight Hardware Stacks Up at Kennedy

    Image shows inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with two large solid rocket booster segments stand upright on work platforms, surrounded by metal walkways, railings, and support structures. Technicians’ access equipment and pipes line the area, and an open flame trench sits centered beneath the boosters, highlighting the infrastructure used for assembly or processing of launch hardware. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

    It is full steam ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as teams process and assemble flight hardware in preparation for the upcoming crewed Artemis III mission. Less than three months after the safe return of the Artemis II crew, teams began stacking the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket booster segments inside […]

  • Final Artemis III SLS Booster Segments En Route to NASA Kennedy

    Final booster motor segments for NASA’s Artemis III mission depart Northrop Grumman’s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah, June 2 aboard specialized rail carriers pulled by Union Pacific commemorative locomotive No. 4547. The eight segments will be used to assemble the twin five-segment solid rocket boosters for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and are en route to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for stacking ahead of the Artemis III mission.

    The final booster motor segments for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help propel Artemis III astronauts on their journey to space shipped from Northrop Grumman’s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah on June 2. The eight booster motor segments are on their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where they […]

  • NASA’s Artemis III Moon Rocket Hardware Arrives, Artemis II Capsule Returns to Kennedy

    On the heels of a successful Artemis II test flight, teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are pressing forward for the next Artemis mission. Technicians maneuvered NASA’s massive core stage of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket inside the agency’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA Kennedy on April 28 in preparation for Artemis III, as the Artemis II crew module arrived back at Kennedy for post-flight analysis.  The Artemis III core stage will be […]

  • NASA’s Artemis Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy

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    The largest rocket section for NASA’s Artemis III mission arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27. The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage traveled 900 miles on the Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the stage is manufactured, to complete assembly of the massive rocket at NASA Kennedy.  Teams will transport the top four-fifths of the 212-foot-long core stage, the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, and forward […]