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☆ India's moon landing made history at a low cost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

ISROThe list is grim reading: Stuck, failed, missed, failed, failed, stuck, failed, crashed, missed, crashed, crashed. Even in the modern era — with nine lunar landing attempts since 2013 — the track record is still shaky. Before India's success Wednesday, missions by China, India, Israel, Japan and Russia were three for eight in the past decade. School students watching the live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon at Sector 20 Brahmananda Public School on August 23, 2023 in Noida, India. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of India's moon landing is the shoestring budget — by government standards — with which the country achieved the mission.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell, Sunil Ghosh, Jim Bridenstine, Bridenstine, They've, who's Organizations: ISRO, Soviet Union's, Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Gravity, India, School, Hindustan Times, NASA, CNBC, Indian Space Research Organization, U.S, Payload Services, Space Foundation Locations: China, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Noida, U.S, India's, United States

☆ Boeing's role in building NASA's new rocket
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

The mobile launcher with NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 to Launch Complex 39B on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “I worked over 50 Space Shuttle launches,” Boeing SLS program manager John Shannon told CNN by phone. Though more than 1,000 companies were involved with designing and building SLS, Boeing’s work involved the largest and most expensive portion of the rocket. The SLS rocket ended up flying its first launch more than six years later than originally intended. All of the “major components” for a third SLS rocket are also completed, Shannon added.

☆ Astronauts explain why nobody has visited the moon in 50 years — and the reasons are depressing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Dave Mosher | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

The last time a person visited the moon was in December 1972, during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. But those stays during the Apollo program didn't establish a lasting human presence on the moon. Researchers and entrepreneurs have long pushed for the creation of a crewed base on the moon — a lunar space station. But many astronauts and other experts suggest the biggest impediments to making new crewed moon missions a reality are banal and somewhat depressing. During NASA's Apollo program, 12 people landed on the moon.

☆ It's been 50 years since the last moonwalk. NASA astronauts explain why it took so long.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The 50th anniversary of the last Apollo astronaut moonwalk is Wednesday. NASA astronauts say it's taking so long to return to the moon because of politics and money. But NASA built Orion to send astronauts back into lunar orbit and, as early as 2025, link up with SpaceX's Starship to land astronauts on the moon. NASA astronaut Victor Glover visits the Space Launch System rocket inside Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building, on July 15, 2021. NASA/Kim ShiflettAs early as 2004, former President George Bush was setting goals to return astronauts to the moon.

☆ The asteroid NASA is about to strike poses no threat to Earth, but 60% of city-killer rocks fly under the radar
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is aiming for an asteroid called Dimorphos, which is orbiting a giant asteroid called Didymos. To date, scientists have only identified 40% of city-killer asteroids orbiting near Earth, NASA estimates. Mainzer has been working on a space telescope called Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, which is designed to fulfill that goal. The asteroid-spying telescope got a huge budgetary boost in 2022An artist's concept of the NEO Surveyor space telescope. If the DART impact goes according to plan on Monday, NASA will be better equipped to divert any Earth-bound asteroid NEO Surveyor might discover.

☆ The Artemis I mission launches NASA's return to the moon, 50 years after the last moonwalk. Astronauts explain why it took so long.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-27 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

NASA is about to launch its new Space Launch System toward the moon for the first time. The rocket is designed to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years. NASA astronauts say it's taking so long to return to the moon because of politics and money. It's not just that the Space Launch System is giant, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty. NASA/Kim ShiflettAs early as 2004, former President George Bush was setting goals to return astronauts to the moon.

☆ NASA a întrerupt testul rachetei SLS care va trebui să ducă oamenii pe Lună
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Treapta principală a rachetei SLS a fost testată la Stennis Space Center, din Mississippi. Când va porni în primul zbor de încercare, probabil în cursul acestui an, racheta SLS va deveni cea mai puternică rachetă lansată vreodată în spaţiu. În urma apariţiei acestor avertismente, testarea motoarelor SLS a fost oprită în mod automat, de către calculatoarele care verifică integritatea rachetei. Treapta principală a rachetei a fost ancorată de o structură masivă din oţel, pe standul de testare B-2, din cadrul Centrului Spaţial Stennis. Administratorul în exerciţiu al NASA, Jim Bridenstine, a refuzat să declare că acest test a fost un eşec.

Persons: Artemis, John Honeycutt, Marshall, - lea, Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Organizations: NASA, BBC, Stennis, Center, Green Run, Boeing Locations: Mississippi, Alabama, Florida

☆ NASA a întrerupt ultimul test al rachetei SLS care va trebui să ducă oamenii pe Lună
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

NASA a întrerupt ultimul test al rachetei SLS care va trebui să ducă oamenii pe LunăUn important test al noii "mega-rachete" construite pentru NASA s-a încheiat mai devreme decât ar fi trebuit, însă NASA a refuzat să caracterizeze testul drept un eşec, transmite BBC. Treapta principală a rachetei SLS a fost testată la Stennis Space Center, din Mississippi. În urma apariţiei acestor avertismente, testarea motoarelor SLS a fost oprită în mod automat, de către calculatoarele care verifică integritatea rachetei. Treapta principală a rachetei a fost ancorată de o structură masivă din oţel, pe standul de testare B-2, din cadrul Centrului Spaţial Stennis. Administratorul în exerciţiu al NASA, Jim Bridenstine, a refuzat să declare că acest test a fost un eşec.

Persons: Artemis, John Honeycutt, Marshall, - lea, Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Organizations: NASA, BBC, Stennis, Center, Agerpres, Green Run, Boeing Locations: Mississippi, Alabama, Florida

☆ „Intrăm într-o nouă eră.” Nasa a aprobat transportarea oamenilor în Spațiu de către SpaceX
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-11 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

„Intrăm într-o nouă eră.” Nasa a aprobat transportarea oamenilor în Spațiu de către SpaceXSpaceX, compania lui Elon Musk, va putea să transporte oameni către Spațiu, anunță NASA. Potrivit Agenției Spațiale, SpaceX a trecut toate testele și simulările cu brio, transmite Digi24Administratorul SpaceX, Jim Bridenstine, a declarat că Omenirea va intra într-o nouă eră, odată cu zborul oamenilor în Spațiu. „Intrăm într-o nouă eră a zborului oamenilor în Spațiu. SpaceX a trecut cu brio toate testele la sol, simulările și zborurile fără echipaj. Între planurile lui Elon Musk se regăsește și dorința de a duce turiști în spațiu în 2021.

Persons: Elon, SpaceX, Jim Bridenstine, Omenirea, Robert Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glober, Shannon Walker, Noguchi Organizations: Nasa, NASA, Mediafax

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