By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette April 1 (Reuters) – NASA’s Artemis II mission is shaping up to be more than just the next step in returning humans to the moon — it is a key test of whether the agency’s traditional contractor-built systems can remain viable in a rapidly shifting space industry. The mission,…
If anyone can offer advice to the four NASA astronauts slated to launch Wednesday on a trip around the moon, it’s Harrison Schmitt. Schmitt, 90, left his bootprints on the lunar surface in 1972, as part of Apollo 17 — the final mission in the program, which was the last time humans traveled to the…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come straight back. No circling around the moon, no stopping for…
On the eve of the launch countdown for their trip around the moon, the Artemis II astronauts said Sunday they’re “ready to go” as ground teams prepare their rocket for blastoff Wednesday, weather permitting. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen flew to the Kennedy Space Center from…
The four-person crew of Artemis II is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida preparing to lift off and travel to the moon as early as Wednesday — and getting ready for any hurdles space may throw at them. The astronauts’ round-trip space journey will cover nearly half a million miles over nine days. They will…
The Artemis II astronauts flew to the Kennedy Space Center Friday to prepare for the scheduled April 1 launch that will take them on a nearly 700,000-mile voyage around the moon and back, the first crew to leave Earth orbit since the final Apollo mission a half century ago. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor…
