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Artemis II Returns After Record-Setting Lunar Flyby
space13 hours ago

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
Artemis II: Inside NASA’s crewed lunar flyby and mission FAQs
space1 day ago

Artemis II: Inside NASA’s crewed lunar flyby and mission FAQs

NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts aboard Orion on a ~10-day crewed lunar flyby to validate life-support, propulsion, and operations for future Moon missions; the article outlines the crew, timing and milestones (closest approach ~4,067 miles from the Moon, maximum ~252,760 miles from Earth, splashdown near San Diego around April 10), along with mission activities, downlinks, a 32-camera array, the Rise zero-gravity indicator, menu options, and FAQs covering goals, communications, and what comes next for Artemis.

via NASA (.gov)|
#artemis-ii#astronauts#moon
Artemis 2 crew's tearful tribute near the Moon binds its four astronauts
space2 days ago

Artemis 2 crew's tearful tribute near the Moon binds its four astronauts

During Artemis 2’s record‑breaking lunar flyby, the four astronauts shared an emotional moment as commander Reid Wiseman and his crewmates honored his late wife Carroll Wiseman by proposing Carroll Crater; Wiseman invited Jeremy Hansen to deliver the tribute while Christina Koch cried, calling it the mission’s pinnacle moment. The crew then completed the flyby of the Moon’s far side and witnessed a solar eclipse from lunar orbit before heading home for a Pacific splashdown on April 10. They also surfaced plans to name Integrity Crater after their Orion capsule, but both crater names must be approved by the International Astronomical Union before appearing on maps.

via Space|
#artemis-2#astronauts#moon
Artemis II: A Behind-the-Scenes Look Inside Orion
science3 days ago

Artemis II: A Behind-the-Scenes Look Inside Orion

Artemis II astronauts on Day 7 of a 10-day Moon mission reveal how life aboard Orion works, including the floor‑level toilet, loud hygiene bay, and zero‑gravity workouts with a flywheel. The piece also spotlights National Geographic’s astronaut film school that prepared the crew to document the mission, and it teases sleeping upside down in zero gravity, after the crew previously set a record for the farthest distance from Earth.

via CNET|
#artemis-ii#astronauts#nasa
Artemis II readies historic crewed lunar mission
space11 days ago

Artemis II readies historic crewed lunar mission

NASA's Artemis II crewed lunar mission aims to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in a two-hour window opening at 6:24 PM ET on April 1, 2026, with an 80% chance of favorable weather; the Orion spacecraft atop the SLS will carry four astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—from the Vehicle Assembly Building toward the Moon, with launch opportunities through April 4–9 and a deadline of April 30; this mission marks NASA's first crewed lunar flight since Apollo and sets the stage for future lunar exploration.

via Live Science|
#artemis-ii#astronauts#launch
Artemis II to Circle the Moon With a Diverse Four-Astronaut Team
space12 days ago

Artemis II to Circle the Moon With a Diverse Four-Astronaut Team

NASA's Artemis II will launch a four-astronaut crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canada's Jeremy Hansen—for a nearly 10-day lunar-orbit mission, the first Moon trip since Apollo. The voyage emphasizes a diverse team and serves as a rehearsal for future Moon landings, including a 2027 Earth-orbit docking with lunar landers and a 2028 crewed Moon landing.

via ScienceAlert|
#artemis-ii#astronauts#diversity
Microgravity May Block Reproduction, Complicating Space Colonization
space15 days ago

Microgravity May Block Reproduction, Complicating Space Colonization

A study using a clinostat to simulate microgravity found that sperm navigation, fertilization, and embryo development are impaired in mammals (humans, mice, and pigs) under near-zero gravity, with fertilization dropping by about 30% in mice and 15% in pigs and embryos showing developmental delays. Progesterone helped sperm navigate but required unusually high concentrations, and safety concerns remain. These findings highlight gravity’s deep role in reproductive biology and suggest that long-term space settlements face significant fertility challenges, underscoring the need for further research before space colonization can be considered viable.

via Live Science|
#astronauts#fertility#microgravity
Artemis II crew signals a new era of diverse lunar exploration
space15 days ago

Artemis II crew signals a new era of diverse lunar exploration

NASA unveils the Artemis II crew — Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot), Christina Koch (mission specialist) and Jeremy Hansen (CSA mission specialist) — making history with the first woman, first person of color, and first Canadian to head a lunar mission. The roughly 10‑day, 600,000‑mile flight will circumnavigate the Moon aboard Orion/SLS, testing deep‑space capabilities, amid radiation exposure and possible communications blackouts, as NASA gears toward Artemis III and broader journeys to Mars.

via CNN|
#artemis-ii#astronauts#deep-space
ESA to charter SpaceX mission under EPIC to keep four astronauts aboard ISS before retirement
space16 days ago

ESA to charter SpaceX mission under EPIC to keep four astronauts aboard ISS before retirement

ESA plans to charter a dedicated SpaceX Crew Dragon mission under the EPIC program to send four ESA astronauts to the International Space Station for about a month in early 2028, boosting European presence in space ahead of the ISS retirement (target 2030, with talks of extending to 2032) and involving international partners while ESA leads the mission.

via Space|
#astronauts#epic#esa
ISS Restores Full Crew with Four New Astronauts After Medical Evacuation
space1 month ago

ISS Restores Full Crew with Four New Astronauts After Medical Evacuation

Four astronauts—NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France’s Sophie Adenot, and Russia’s Andrei Fedyaev—arrived at the International Space Station on Feb. 14, 2026, restoring its crew after a January medical evacuation left the station with three. The diverse team will carry out biology, physics, engineering, and technology research, while NASA and partners review contingency plans highlighted by the health scare, the first NASA medical evacuation in about 65 years.

via The Daily Galaxy|
#astronauts#iss#medical-evacuation
Crew-12 arrives at ISS to restore full crew and kick off eight-month science run
science1 month ago

Crew-12 arrives at ISS to restore full crew and kick off eight-month science run

Four new crew members—NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA’s Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos’ Andrey Fedyaev—arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon, restoring the station to seven people after Crew-11 left early for a medical issue; Crew-12 will spend about eight months conducting experiments on food production, microgravity biology and other studies to advance future Moon and Mars missions.

via NBC News|
#astronauts#crew-12#iss