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  • 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 […]