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NASA poised for historic Artemis I lunar launch from Florida

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A half century after the end of NASA’s Apollo era, the U.S. space agency’s long-anticipated bid to return astronauts to the moon’s surface remains at least three years away, with much of the necessary hardware still on the drawing board. But NASA aims to take a giant leap in its renewed lunar ambitions with the […]

Space news weekly recap: Artemis program, colliding black holes and more

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Last week, NASA revealed some of the science and technology payloads that will be hitching a ride to deep space with the agency’s Artemis I moon mission. In the same week, a Russian cosmonaut had to cut short his spacewalk because of a space suit battery malfunction. Here is our recap of an exciting week […]

Artemis I mission: NASA begins rolling out SLS and Orion to launch pad

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Ahead of its launch, NASA is rolling out the Artemis 1 spacecraft to the Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. At around 10 PM on August 16 (7.30 AM IST on August 17), the “crawler-transporter” began the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft’s approximately six and a half […]

NASA’s Artemis I mission will send yeast to deep space with BioSentinel

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

While NASA’s Artemis I mission is an uncrewed mission, there will be some living passengers on board. BioSentinel, a shoebox-sized CubeSat, will carry microorganisms—in the form of yeast—into deep space so that scientists can fill critical gaps in the knowledge about the health risks of radiation in deep space. The primary objective of BioSentinel is […]

NASA to roll out Artemis I spacecraft to launchpad and discuss science payloads

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA is planning on moving its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft to the launchpad on August 18 ahead of the Artemis I mission which is planned to launch no earlier than August 29. Before that, the space agency hold three teleconferences next week to announce the science and technology payloads that […]

Artemis program: Here’s how NASA plans to return to the Moon

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA’s Artemis mission aims to put humans back on the moon for the first time after the Apollo 17 mission, fifty years ago. The space agency has built the most powerful rocket ever, the Space Launch System (SLS), which will carry all the spacecraft part of Artemis missions. The Artemis missions will also send the […]

NASA to conduct Artemis I Moon Mission wet dress rehearsal test on June 20

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA is set to conduct tests to prepare the Artemis I rocket for its first mission which will see the craft travel to the Moon. The tests will take place on June 20 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the test, launch teams will rehearse operations to load propellant into the rocket’s tanks […]

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