Tag: outer space

NASA’s Orion capsule was successfully sprayed Sunday morning, effectively signaling the conclusion of the Artemis I mission except for further analysis of the module. Landing in the ocean off the coast of Baja California, recovery teams will now work to bring the capsule home, where teams will recover the payloads contained inside for further study. Orion has spent nearly a month in space, and was finally launched in November after a months-long delay. The mission set a new NASA record, recording the farthest distance traveled by a vehicle capable of…

NASA’s Orion spacecraft continues its journey around the Moon as those carrying the Artemis I target continue to collect data for use in future missions within the program. Wednesday, Artemis I officials revealed a series of snapshots taken of the moon’s surface, showing its craters in full glory. Across NASA’s social media profiles, four images of different regions of the Moon were shown. According to the publication, the released images are the closest images taken of the satellite since the end of the Apollo program in 1975. “This image was…

About a week after the Artemis I mission, NASA’s Orion module made its first pass by the Moon — sending back its first satellite images of the planet’s backyard. This includes a look at the “dark side” of the Moon and its massive lunar mare, Mare Orientale. It will now look like the record for the farthest distance traveled by a human-capable spacecraft, a record previously held by Apollo 14. “The mission continues to move forward as we planned, ground systems, our operations teams, and the Orion spacecraft continue to…

Barring any additional delays, I will be heading to the stars in a matter of hours. On Monday afternoon, NASA officials confirmed plans to launch Artemis I in the twilight hours of Wednesday, November 16. The space agency officially began its extended countdown on Monday morning, continuing its pre-launch checklist that must be completed before launch. As it stands now, the two-hour launch window begins at 1:04 AM ET on November 16. According to a blog post on the NASA website, all of the Artemis I systems are up and…

As the search for extraterrestrial life has never been more prominent, a group of scientists has formed a center to serve as a headquarters if humanity needs to come into contact with extraterrestrials at some point in the future. The SETI Post-Detection Hub, based at the University of Scotland in St Andrews, aims to bring together the world’s leading experts to plan and strategize communications efforts should we reach the point of discovery. John Elliott, a research fellow at St Andrews, said in a recent interview with vice. “So, with…

Artemis I’m having a hard time with that. The unmanned mission, which was initially scheduled to launch three months ago, has been pushed back from its possible launch date of November 14 due to Tropical Storm Nicole. Scheduled to make landfall late Wednesday through Thursday morning off the east coast of Florida, mission officials have chosen to push the launch back into next week to give time to assess any potential damage that may have occurred to the Kennedy Center’s launch pad 39B. for space. As it stands now, the…