The Artemis III crew announcement marks another milestone in NASA’s long-term plan to return astronauts to deep space and eventually the lunar surface. The agency has selected four men with military, engineering and medical backgrounds to fly the 2027 mission, which will focus on testing critical systems needed before astronauts attempt another moon landing. Although…
Artemis program
NASA just sent 4 astronauts around the Moon for the first time since 1972
For the first time in more than half a century, human beings are preparing to leave the safety of low Earth orbit and venture toward the Moon. NASA’s Artemis II mission a 10-day lunar flyby carrying 4 astronauts represents the most significant step in human spaceflight since the final Apollo missions of the early 1970s,…
Why NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 came home a month early
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission concluded early Thursday with a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off California, bringing four astronauts and cosmonauts home after more than five months aboard the International Space Station. The crew, including NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg…