NASA delays Artemis I Moon launch again on tropical storm risk

NASA delays Artemis I Moon launch again on tropical storm risk

NASA is standing down from its Artemis I mission to the moon next week, as a tropical storm off the coast of South America creeps toward Florida and the agency’s launch site for the Space Launch System rocket. The US space agency said it will decide on Sunday whether to roll the rocket and spacecraft […]

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NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Sept. 3

NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Sept. 3

If all goes as hoped, NASA’s giant next-generation moon rocket SLS will blast off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 3 afternoon If all goes as hoped, NASA’s giant next-generation moon rocket SLS will blast off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 3 afternoon NASA […]

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NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Saturday

NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Saturday

NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, Sept. 3, five days after a pair of technical issues foiled an initial try at getting the spacecraft off the ground for the first time, agency officials said on Tuesday. But prospects for success on Saturday appeared clouded by […]

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NASA Artemis 1 launch aborted for now: What’s next for the mission?

NASA Artemis 1 launch aborted for now: What’s next for the mission?

Update: Since this article was published, NASA has announced that it will attempt another launch on Wednesday, September 3.  “We don’t launch until its right,” said Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator, remarking on the aborted Artemis 1 launch shortly after the launch director announced that the mission is scrubbed. The mission has been postponed due to […]

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NASA poised for historic Artemis I lunar launch from Florida

NASA poised for historic Artemis I lunar launch from Florida

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 […]

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NASA Artemis 1 launch aborted for now: What’s next for the mission?

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

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 […]

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