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space11 hours ago•6 min saved

Artemis II Returns After Record-Setting Lunar Flyby

NASA's Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—completed a nearly 10-day mission that included a record-breaking lunar flyby, reaching a farthest distance of 252,756 miles from Earth before splashing down off the California coast at 5:07 p.m. PDT. The voyage tested Orion’s life-support and control systems, demonstrated manual piloting, and gathered data to inform Artemis III and a sustained lunar presence, while NASA documented thousands of lunar images and conducted scientific investigations.

via NASA (.gov)|

#artemis #astronauts #moon

space1 day ago•12 min saved

Lunar Mining Takes Center Stage in the New Space Resource Race

Renewed interest in lunar mining has scientists and private firms exploring how to extract water ice, helium-3, and other minerals to enable in-space propulsion and life-support, rather than merely bringing material back to Earth. Early rovers and robotic systems are testing the step-by-step, environmentally sensitive process, while experts emphasize ground-truth measurements to calibrate lunar composition. Legal and ethical questions loom under the Outer Space Treaty and the Moon Treaty about sovereignty, environmental protection, and whether private actors can mine without undermining scientific goals. Artemis II will push knowledge forward, as nations and space billionaires race to establish the Moon as a hub for future exploration, including missions to Mars.

via Australian Broadcasting Corporation|

#artemis #moon #outer-space-treaty

space2 days ago•5 min saved

Artemis II Faces Fiery Re-entry: How Heat Shields Save the Crew

Artemis II’s return from its lunar mission will be a high-speed, multi-minute re-entry at over 11 km/s, with air temperatures near 10,000°C. The Orion capsule relies on an AVCOAT ablative heat shield and lift-assisted entry to keep g-forces manageable and maintain a safe descent, while a radio blackout occurs during peak heating. NASA tweaked the trajectory to avoid the “skip” risk seen in Artemis I, and the crew will splash down in the Pacific after a record 406,771 km from Earth.

via The Conversation|

#artemis #heatshield #nasa

science2 days ago•6 min saved

Moon Living: The Biology Challenge of a Sustained Lunar Outpost

NASA's Artemis program plans a sustainable lunar outpost, with Artemis II validating life-support and deep-space operations ahead of longer stays. Living on the Moon will challenge every body system due to one-sixth gravity, intense space radiation, lunar dust, extreme temperature shifts, isolation, and confinement, so countermeasures—such as exercise, personalized nutrition, artificial gravity trials, radiation shielding, habitat design using lunar soil, lunar agriculture, and continuous health monitoring—will be critical to keep crews healthy and to inform future missions to Mars.

via ScienceAlert|

#artemis #lunarbase #moon

space10 days ago•9 min saved

A Moon-first reboot: NASA shifts from Gateway to a lunar base

Eric Berger argues that Isaacman's leadership marks a turning point for NASA: the agency is dropping Gateway and costly hardware, canceling the Exploration Upper Stage and the Mobile Launcher Tower, and refocusing Artemis on a Moon base, making Orion's third flight feel hopeful rather than hollow.

via Ars Technica|

#artemis #gateway #moon

space11 days ago•7 min saved

Artemis safety net: NASA’s emergency escape for astronauts on a moon mission

NASA’s Launch Abort System uses a powerful top-mounted motor to yank the crew capsule away from a failing rocket, flip it for stable reentry, and deploy parachutes to save astronauts; tested in two major abort tests—Pad Abort-1 at White Sands and Ascent Abort-2 on a modified missile—by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, laying groundwork for Artemis II’s crewed lunar flight.

via Los Angeles Times|

#artemis #ascent-abort-2 #launch-abort-system

space11 days ago•6 min saved

NASA aims for a sustained Moon base by the 2030s through a networked Artemis program

NASA is shifting Artemis from a sprint to a system-based approach, prioritizing a long-term, repeatable human presence on the Moon with habitats, power systems, and surface infrastructure. The plan includes a 2027 in-orbit docking test with commercial lunar landers, a 2028 landing near the lunar south pole, pausing the lunar Gateway to focus on surface infrastructure, and expanding public-private partnerships to spread risk, lower costs, and develop technologies for Earth and Mars.

via The Conversation|

#artemis #lunar-base #moon

space11 days ago•76 min saved

Artemis 2 patch fuses Indigenous wisdom with sasquatch symbolism

Canada’s Artemis 2 patch for astronaut Jeremy Hansen, designed by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond, blends Indigenous knowledge with Artemis imagery—from a seven-law heptagon and animals including a sasquatch representing honesty to Grandmother Moon, Turtle Island, the Big Dipper and North Star, plus the Canadian flag and an Orion-border—highlighting Indigenous perspectives and Canada’s role as Hansen prepares to become the first non‑American to fly around the Moon.

via Space|

#artemis #canada #indigenous

space11 days ago•68 min saved

X1.4 Solar Flare Knocks Out Radio Ahead of Artemis 2 Moon Mission

A powerful X1.4 solar flare from sunspot region 4405 caused radio blackouts on Earth’s sunlit side and launched a fast CME, with NOAA warning of a possible Earth-directed component and a moderate G2 geomagnetic storm watch. NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission is planned no earlier than April 1, but space weather could disrupt launch communications and early maneuvers; if the CME impacts Earth, auroras could appear at unusually low latitudes in the United States.

via Space|

#artemis #geomagnetic-storm #radio-blackouts

technology12 days ago•4 min saved

Michoud: The Six-Decade Forge Behind Artemis’ Lunar Return

New Orleans' Michoud Assembly Facility has long produced major rocket stages for NASA—from Saturn V and Space Shuttle external tanks to the Space Launch System core stages for Artemis. With Artemis II crewed and Artemis III targeting mid-2027, production workflows have evolved to complete more of the core stage at Michoud before final assembly at Kennedy Space Center, underscoring the facility's central role in America's lunar ambitions while its workforce weather the program's ups and downs.

via NASASpaceFlight.com -|

#artemis #michoud-assembly-facility #nasa

space12 days ago•180 min saved

NASA maps a lunar base push while eyeing a nuclear-powered Mars mission

NASA’s new leadership unveiled an ambitious plan: fast‑track a permanent Moon base by repurposing Gateway assets and increasing robotic landers, pause the Gateway project, and accelerate a nuclear electric propulsion–powered Mars mission by 2028, while weighing funding, timelines, and private‑sector collaboration as Artemis progresses toward returning humans to the Moon.

via CNN|

#artemis #gateway #moon-base

space12 days ago•74 min saved

Artemis 2 poised for April 1 liftoff on a crewed lunar flyby

NASA says Artemis 2 is on track for an April 1 liftoff from Cape Canaveral with a two-hour window and about a 20% weather risk, carrying Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen aboard Orion for a 10-day flight that will loop around the Moon (not land) before returning to Earth, a critical test paving the way for Artemis 3 and beyond.

via Space|

#artemis #moon #nasa

science13 days ago•21 min saved

NASA halts lunar Gateway to push moon base as a comet spins back and Saturn dazzles

NASA is pausing its lunar Gateway program to pursue a three‑phase plan for a Moon base as part of the Artemis program, with crewed Moon landings slated to begin after Artemis V around 2028. Separately, a study reports Comet 41P reversing its spin due to solar heating and jets, and new Saturn imagery from Webb and Hubble offers a detailed look at its layered atmosphere.

via Engadget|

#artemis #comet-41p #gateway

space13 days ago•1 min saved

Bermuda Tracks NASA's Artemis II Lunar Mission from Cooper's Island

NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to orbit the Moon for about ten days will launch from Kennedy Space Center with four astronauts; Bermuda's Cooper's Island tracking station will monitor the flight, with Bermudian engineer Kimille Trott coordinating from NASA's Marshall Center in Huntsville as the crew observes the Moon from 4,000–6,000 miles altitude, seeing the entire lunar disk including polar regions.

via Royal Gazette | Bermuda|

#artemis #bermuda #moon

space14 days ago•4 min saved

Europe to redefine Gateway role as Artemis changes, decision due in June

With NASA suspending work on the lunar Gateway, ESA is assessing how to adjust its three Gateway-related contributions (the European Service Module, I-Hab, Lunar View, and Lunar Link) and will present a plan to the ESA June Council. The evaluation will cover whether ongoing Gateway developments can continue, be repurposed, or reallocated, how work should be performed (in Europe or the U.S.), changes to Artemis 3/4’s architecture, and how astronaut participation and funding already invested will be treated, all while coordinating with Canada, Japan, and the UAE.

via SpaceNews|

#artemis #esa #esm