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☆ SpaceX capsule splashes down, returning 4 astronauts from Space Station
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Oct 14 (Reuters) - The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida after nearly six months of research aboard the orbital outpost. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule dubbed Freedom, carrying three U.S. NASA astronauts and an Italian crewmate from the European Space Agency, parachuted into the sea at the conclusion of a five-hour autonomous flight home from the ISS. Camera shots from inside the crew compartment showed the four strapped in their seats, garbed in helmeted white-and-black spacesuits. Applause from the SpaceX flight control center in suburban Los Angeles was heard over the webcast. During their 170 days aboard the space station, the crew orbited Earth 2,720 times - about once every 90 minutes - to log some 72 million miles (116 million km) in space, according to NASA.
☆ NASA astronauts returning from space station on SpaceX capsule delayed by weather
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
The astronauts — NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with the European Space Agency — were scheduled to depart from the space station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Thursday morning. Aerospace company SpaceX developed the Crew Dragon spacecraft under a $2.6 billion contract with NASA as part of the Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX renewed orbital human spaceflight capabilities from US soil in 2020 with the launch of its Demo-2 mission, which carried two NASA astronauts to the space station. The Crew-4 astronauts’ return to Earth comes less than a week after the Crew-5 astronauts arrived on a separate SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Since SpaceX developed the Crew Dragon under a fixed-price commercial contract, however, it retains ownership over the vehicle.
☆ NASA tries fueling moon rocket in test, but leak reoccurs
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new moon rocket sprouted another fuel leak Wednesday as engineers tested the plumbing ahead of a launch attempt as early as next week. Engineers halted the flow and warmed the lines in hopes of plugging the leak, and proceeded with the test. Wednesday’s leak came close to the limit, but the launch team managed to get the leak down to acceptable levels as the test continued. Besides replacing seals, NASA altered the fueling process, easing more slowly into the loading of the super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen. NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is more powerful than the Saturn V rocket that sent Apollo astronauts to the moon during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
☆ NASA says it will try to launch its massive moon rocket again in late September
  + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
The second launch attempt for NASA's Space Launch System rocket was delayed due to a liquid hydrogen leak. Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesHydrogen fuel woes interrupted the second launch attemptThe new launch dates come after the launch of the Space Launch System and its uncrewed Orion capsule was called off for a second time on Saturday, September 3. "Teams encountered a liquid hydrogen leak while loading the propellant into the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket," NASA said in a blog post. After attempts to troubleshoot were unsuccessful, Artemis' launch director called off the launch. Invited guests and NASA employees watch as NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building, on August 16, 2022.
☆ 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.
☆ NASA sets new date for Artemis I launch to the moon after delays due to engine issues
  + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The first launch of NASA's Space Launch System rocket was delayed on Monday because of an engine issue. But now NASA has a new target launch window for Artemis I: Saturday, September 3 at 2:17 p.m. The Space Launch System core stage (RS-25 engines circled in blue) in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 10, 2021. NASA/Glenn BensonThe rocket, called the Space Launch System (SLS), was partially filled with fuel at the time of the issue. Weather during Saturday's launch window "is a 60% go for launch," Melody Levin, a meteorologist at NASA, said at a briefing on Thursday.
☆ 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.
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