NASA delays Artemis 1 launch again, this time due to tropical storm Nicole

NASA delays Artemis 1 launch again, this time due to tropical storm Nicole

NASA is now targeting the Artemis 1 launch to happen during a two-hour window that opens at 1.04 AM EST (11.34 AM IST) on November 16. If all goes according to plan, the Artemis 1 mission should splashdown on Friday, December 11. The space agency is also maintaining a backup launch opportunity on Saturday, November […]

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NASA rolling back Artemis 1 rocket, spacecraft back to assembly building

NASA rolling back Artemis 1 rocket, spacecraft back to assembly building

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft left launch pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Centre at 8.51 AM IST and began its 6.4-kilometre journey back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The space agency decided to roll back the rocket because the latest weather predictions associated with Hurricane Ian did […]

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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 eyes September 27 launch for Artemis 1 Moon mission

NASA eyes September 27 launch for Artemis 1 Moon mission

After two failed attempts, NASA is targeting a September 27 launch date for its Artemis I mission. The space agency is also reviewing a potential backup launch window option for October 2. On September 27, the launch window opens at 11.37 AM EDT (9.07 PM IST). Ahead of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and […]

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NASA to replace faulty Artemis 1 hydrogen seal while rocket still at launch pad

NASA to replace faulty Artemis 1 hydrogen seal while rocket still at launch pad

NASA’s second attempt to launch the Artemis 1 mission had to be scrubbed because of a hydrogen leak in a “quick disconnect” interface between the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line. The space agency will replace the faulty seal that caused the leak while the rocket is still at […]

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NASA’s Artemis 1: What will happen during the Moon mission

NASA’s Artemis 1: What will happen during the Moon mission

Almost fifty years after the Apollo mission, NASA is gearing up to return humanity to the Moon with its Artemis program. Artemis I, an uncrewed mission that is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions, is scheduled for launch on August 29 and will test the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and […]

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NASA’s Artemis 1: What will happen during the Moon mission

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

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

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

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 […]

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Space news weekly recap: China space station module launch, Webb’s ‘purple swirl’,’ and more

Space news weekly recap: China space station module launch, Webb’s ‘purple swirl’,’ and more

From the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter being ‘grounded’ on the red planet due to it being winter and dust season there to China once again launching a space station module with its giant rocket, last week was an exciting period for all space enthusiasts. Here is our recap of the most important space news that happened […]

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