New missions, announcements
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6 years ago
NASA Invites Media to Events Highlighting Spacesuits for Moon to Mars
NASAMedia are invited to NASA Headquarters in Washington Tuesday, Oct. 15 to get an up-close look at the next generation spacesuits the first woman and next man to explore the Moon will wear as part of the agency’s Artemis program.
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6 years ago
NASA Invites Media to Final Orion Jettison Motor Test in Huntsville, Alabama
NASAMedia are invited to witness the final test for a motor on the launch abort system of NASA’s Orion spacecraft prior to the first crewed Artemis missions to the Moon. The test will take place Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Redstone Test Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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6 years ago
NASA Announces New Tipping Point Partnerships for Moon and Mars Technologies
NASANASA has selected 14 American companies as partners whose technologies will help enable the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration approach.
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6 years ago
NASA Commits to Long-term Artemis Missions with Orion Production Contract
NASANASA is setting in motion the Orion spacecraft production line to support as many as 12 Artemis missions, including the mission that will carry the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024.
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6 years ago
Australian Government Commits to Join NASA in Lunar Exploration and Beyond
NASAAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his nation’s intention to join the United States’ Moon to Mars exploration approach, including NASA’s Artemis lunar program.
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6 years ago
Brad Pitt to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station about Artemis Program
NASAAs NASA prepares to send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program, Brad Pitt is playing an astronaut in his latest film, and now the actor will have the opportunity to discuss what it’s truly like to live and work in space with a NASA crew member living aboard the International Space Station.
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6 years ago
NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit
NASANASA has awarded a $13.7 million contract to Advanced Space of Boulder, Colorado, to develop and operate a CubeSat mission to the same lunar orbit targeted for Gateway – an orbiting outpost astronauts will visit before descending to the surface of the Moon in a landing system as part of NASA’s Artemis program.
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6 years ago
NASA Marshall to Lead Artemis Program’s Human Lunar Lander Development
NASANASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was joined Friday by U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks and Robert Aderholt of Alabama and Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to announce the center’s new role leading the agency’s Human Landing System Program for its return to the Moon by 2024.
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6 years ago
NASA Administrator to Discuss Human Lander Update for Artemis Program
NASANASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, joined by U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks, Robert Aderholt, Scott DesJarlais and Brian Babin, will discuss updates on the agency’s plans for landing humans on the Moon by 2024 through the Artemis program at 3:10 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 16. The remarks will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
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6 years ago
NASA Administrator to Discuss Status of Rocket for First Artemis Lunar Mission
NASAMedia are invited to accompany NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Thursday, Aug. 15, on his visit to the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where engineers are preparing to add the final section to the core stage of the rocket that will power NASA’s Artemis 1 lunar mission.
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