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"When you're in your launch and entry suits, you're with the crew you're going to be on the pad with, that is absolutely ...
"The huge success of Artemis 1 is actually something we need to think about as a risk or even a threat to Artemis 2." ...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's long-coveted plan to launch Artemis II around the moon is approaching fast.
For Artemis II, Orion will not use a “skip” reentry method, which sees the capsule skim the atmosphere before committing to a ...
It’s the first time humans will be on board the Orion spacecraft, a version of which flew to the moon without crew on the ...
By William Harwood August 8, 2023 / 6:29 PM EDT / CBS News NASA's four Artemis 2 astronauts this week got their first look at the Orion capsule that will carry them around the moon next year.
Artemis astronauts will wear a similar spacesuit during their missions. Image source: Axiom Space It’s incredible to see Koch getting even more recognition as part of the Artemis II astronauts.
With just six months to go until the Orion spacecraft leaves for the moon, the crew have been taking part in days of training ...
When the first woman and the next man land on the moon’s south pole in 2024 via NASA’s Artemis program, they will explore part of the moon never visited by humans before. Here are NASA’s ...
The first 18 astronauts of the Artemis program, NASA’s effort to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024, have been selected. The team selections were announced by US Vice ...
When asked how many are in the running for those and future Artemis lunar landing positions, Love, who became a NASA astronaut in 1998 and flew on Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-122 said, “42.
Back then, the US astronaut corps did not admit women. That changed when the first American female astronaut candidates were selected in 1978, with a young Sally Ride among them.