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☆ The Artemis I moon mission is set for liftoff Saturday. Watch live as NASA launches its new $50 billion mega-rocket.
  + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
NASA's Space Launch System rocket is set to launch its first uncrewed mission to the moon on September 3. Watch the historic SLS rocket launch live, in the NASA broadcast below. "There's no guarantee that we're going to get off on Saturday, but we're gonna try," Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, said during a news conference on Thursday, September 1. An illustration of the Space Launch System lifting off from the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. If the uncrewed Orion spaceship makes it around the moon and back without a hitch, the Artemis II mission will carry astronauts on a similar roundabout.
☆ Photos show how NASA built a $50 billion mega-rocket and spaceship to return astronauts to the moon for the first time in 50 years
  + stars: | 2022-08-27 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
NASA's Space Launch System rocket is scheduled to launch on August 29, taking the Orion capsule on its mission to the moon. The SLS rocket and Orion have undergone critical tests to ensure they're ready for liftoff. The mission, Artemis 1, is an uncrewed flight test before flying astronauts in future missions. Eventually, NASA plans to use the new rocket, called the Space Launch System (SLS), to set up a permanent base on the moon. "This is now the Artemis generation," Bill Nelson, NASA's administrator, said at a press briefing on August 3.
☆ NASA's giant U.S. moon rocket emerges for debut launch
  + stars: | 2022-08-17 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Aug 16 (Reuters) - NASA's gigantic Space Launch System moon rocket, topped with an uncrewed astronaut capsule, began an hours-long crawl to its launchpad Tuesday night ahead of the behemoth's debut test flight this month. The 322-foot-tall (98-meter) rocket is scheduled to embark on its first mission to space - without any humans - on Aug. 29. [1/6] NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on a slow-motion journey to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 16, 2022. Sitting atop the rocket is NASA's Orion astronaut capsule, built by Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N). For the Aug. 29 mission, called Artemis 1, the Orion capsule will launch atop the Space Launch System without any humans and orbit the moon before returning to Earth for an ocean splashdown 42 days later.
☆ NASA awards SpaceX a $255 million contract to launch the next space telescope, which will study dark energy and exoplanets
  + stars: | 2022-07-20 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in 2026 under a new NASA contract. The telescope will study dark energy, dark matter, galaxies, and exoplanets, NASA said. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is 2.4 meters in diameter, is slated to launch in October 2026, the space agency said in a press release. Under the contract, SpaceX will launch the telescope on a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. According to NASA, the Roman telescope will launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket, which SpaceX bills as "the world's most powerful rocket."
☆ SpaceX will fly Russian cosmonauts to the ISS under new NASA deal with Russia's space agency
  + stars: | 2022-07-18 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
NASA's deal with Roscosmos means SpaceX will launch Russian cosmonauts to the ISS this year. In September, Anna Kikina will be the first Russian to launch on SpaceX's Crew Dragon, per Reuters. Meanwhile, US astronaut Frank Rubio will fly from Russia's Cosmodrome launch site, NASA told Reuters. In exchange, cosmonaut Anna Kikina will launch on SpaceX's Crew Dragon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA said. Not long after the deal was announced, Russian President Vladimir Putin fired Dmitry Rogozin as Russia's space chief, the Kremlin announced on Friday.
☆ NASA, Russian space agency sign deal to share space station flights - Roscosmos
  + stars: | 2022-07-15 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/2] The NASA logo is seen at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the NASA/SpaceX launch of a commercial crew mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Joe SkipperJuly 15 (Reuters) - NASA and Russia's space agency Roscosmos have signed a long-sought agreement to integrate flights to the International Space Station, allowing Russian cosmonauts to fly on U.S.-made spacecraft in exchange for American astronauts being able to ride on Russia's Soyuz, the agencies said Friday. The two agencies had previously shared astronaut seats on the U.S. shuttle and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The U.S. space agency has said having at least one Russian and one American aboard the space station is crucial to keeping the laboratory running. "Flying integrated crews ensures there are appropriately trained crew members on board the station for essential maintenance and spacewalks," NASA said in a statement on Friday.
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