NASA Artemis II launch date pushed back
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With the wet dress rehearsal, essentially a critical fueling test of the Artemis 2 Space Launch System moon rocket, now back on Feb. 2, NASA said in a statement that it can no longer target Feb. 6 or Feb. 7, the first two days of its launch window. The Artemis 2 launch window originally ran from Feb. 6 to Feb. 10.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission.
A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of flame behind it, a video posted to social media showed.
Imagine looking at the Moon and knowing your name is actually travelling around it. NASA is giving everyone a rare chance to become part of history through the Artemis II mission. Anyone in the world can send their name to space for free.
American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet evidence in telescope data.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman closed out a tour of all NASA centers with a visit Tuesday to NASA Glenn Research Center, meeting with the workforce and touring facilities focused on propulsion and power systems.
Four astronauts are scheduled to launch on a trip to fly around the Moon as early as Feb. 6 in the Orion spacecraft.