Artemis II Update-24, Day 9: Second Return Correction Burn Complete
Thrusters Fire To Steer Orion Home: At 10:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft executed a brief nine-second thruster…
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What’s the longstanding tradition at JPL before any launch and other major space mission events
A Ritual Before Liftoff A container of “lucky peanuts” was placed above workstations inside the Space Flight Operations…
Artemis II mission: LUCA and LESA support Artemis safety, success as crew prepares return journey
NASA’s Artemis II mission is drawing support from a pair of nearly identical control rooms in Alabama, each…
Artemis II Update-14, Day 5: Crew Demos Suits, Readies for Lunar Flyby
Astronauts aboard Artemis II continue their workday aboard the Orion spacecraft, testing survival suits and preparing for a…
Artemis II Update-13, Day 5: Crew Tests Survival Suits As Spacecraft Nears Lunar Gravity Zone
Astronauts aboard Artemis II began Flight Day 5 by testing their Orion survival suits as the Orion spacecraft…
Artemis II Update-10, Day 3: Crew Prepares Orion Cabin As Lunar Flyby Nears Milestone
The crew of Artemis II moved into preparation mode on April 6 as their spacecraft, Orion spacecraft, continued…
Artemis II Update-8, Day 3 : Crew prepares for first correction burn, readies lunar flyby tasks
NASA’s Artemis II crew began Flight Day 3 on April 4 after departing Earth’s orbit earlier in the…
Artemis II Update-7, Day 2 : Orion completes Translunar Injection burn , crew begins journey to Moon
NASA’s Artemis II crew began their journey to the Moon on April 2 after Orion completed a translunar…
Artemis II Update-1: Orion Completes Proximity Operations, Perigee Burn Next
Astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission completed a key proximity operations test on April 2 while orbiting Earth.…