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Tag: Artemis
Electrodynamic Dust Shield Heading to Moon on Firefly Lander
Defeating dust may be a small concern for most people on Earth, but for astronauts and spacecraft destined for the Moon or Mars, it is […]
NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection
Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be […]
NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload Services Project Manager
NASA has selected Adam Schlesinger as manager for CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services). Schlesinger previously served as the Gateway Program habitation and logistics outpost project […]
NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere
NASA’s next mission to the Moon will carry an instrument called LEXI (the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager), which will provide the first-ever global view […]
NASA Anticipates Lunar Findings From Next-Generation Retroreflector
Apollo astronauts set up mirror arrays, or “retroreflectors,” on the Moon to accurately reflect laser light beamed at them from Earth with minimal scattering or […]
Commercial Moon Rovers Under Test
Venturi Astrolab’s FLEX, Intuitive Machines’ Moon RACER, and Lunar Outpost’s Eagle lunar terrain vehicle – three commercially owned and developed LTVs (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) – […]
NASA Science Payload to Study Sticky Lunar Dust Challenge
The Moon may look like barren rock, but it’s actually covered in a layer of gravel, pebbles, and dust collectively known as “lunar regolith.” During […]
NASA Science Payload to Study Sticky Lunar Dust Challenge
The Moon may look like barren rock, but it’s actually covered in a layer of gravel, pebbles, and dust collectively known as “lunar regolith.” During […]
Artemis II Core Stage Vertical Integration Begins at NASA Kennedy
NASA has taken a big step forward in how engineers will assemble and stack future SLS (Space Launch System) rockets for Artemis Moon missions inside […]