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What time is it on the moon?
NASA is collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Lunar Communications Relay and Navigation Systems’ projects. They’re working to create a dedicated global satellite navigation system (GNSS) for the Moon similar to how GPS and other satellite navigation networks provide precise location tracking on Earth. However, space agencies haven’t decided whether…
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There was a failure of healthcare and parasites on parade.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which flew to the Moon and returned on Thursday, has flown on more than 100 missions since it entered human orbit in 2011. NASA is planning to send it back to the Moon for the first time ever in 2021 after its successful test flight earlier this year. It’s scheduled to return…
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The pictures were taken when NASA’s Orion spacecraft reached the Moon.
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) CAPSTONE mission, which is set to explore Jupiter’s icy moons, is set to explore three of them. The mission, which is set to launch in 2021, will examine and map the icy moons. NASA’s Artemis I mission, which launched last month, is aimed at having US astronauts on the moon…
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Jim McDivitt led Apollo missions and died at the age of 93.
Apollo 9 mission, commanded by astronaut Steve McDivitt in 1969, was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. It was a 10-day mission which involved testing the lunar landing craft. In 1969, NASA successfully landed humans on the Moon four months later in July 1969. McDivitt had commanded Apollo 9 in 1969, which…
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The astronauts left the Moon fifty years ago.
NASA’s new Artemis spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth from the Moon, bringing the total number of landings by NASA on the Moon to 40. NASA hopes to use the Orion capsule and SpaceX human landing system to land astronauts on the moon for phase three of the program by 2025. NASA then aims to…
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The launch of NASA’s Artemis I has been delayed until November.
NASA’s Artemis I mission, which is designed to land astronauts on the moon, is set to launch on Friday for the first time since it was postponed in September 2015 over a lack of hangar space due to Hurricane Ian. Artemis I is a 32-story-tall rocket that NASA hopes will carry astronauts back to the…
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What will happen to the Moon Capsule after it is back?
The Orion capsule will return to Earth in a few days after it successfully landed on the Moon on Wednesday. NASA has decided to keep the capsule in an air-to-surface area of the Pacific Ocean until conditions are right to send it back. “The next big test…is the heat shield,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson had…
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On the journey beyond the far side of the moon, NASA’s capsule took a selfies.
NASA will attempt to launch its Artemis I mission that is aimed to fly astronauts to Moon in the next few years again on Friday. The Artemis team again is monitoring a storm that could be heading towards Florida but feels confident to move ahead with rollout to the launchpad, NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission…
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The Artemis mission ends with a splashdown.
NASA will test the heat shield of its Orion Spacecraft, which parachuted back to Earth from the Moon, for a second time. This time, it will be flying over the Pacific Ocean with Artemis II, NASA said. The capsule will be carrying two astronauts on a test mission, which is designed to evaluate the spacecraft’s…
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8 more crew members are going to be on the moon mission.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has selected an eight-person crew for his “dearMoon” mission to the Moon. The project aims to be the first private mission around the Moon, carrying artists and creatives on a SpaceX Starship. Maezawa had earlier said that the mission would carry eight artists,…
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The spaceship prepares to return to Earth.
NASA has released the first-ever photos of the moon’s surface taken from the far side of the moon. The Artemis 1 mission is a 25-and-a-half day journey that will take it more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon. The spacecraft will be used by a NASA lunar space station called Gateway…