Seit der historischen Apollo-Mission vor mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert hat die Menschheit davon geträumt, den Mond erneut zu betreten. Mit dem Artemis-Programm der NASA ist dieser Traum nun greifbar nahe. Artemis 2, die zweite geplante bemannte Mission, spielt eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Vorbereitung auf die Rückkehr zum Mond. Hier ist der aktuelle Stand…
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Die NASA erteilt Jeff Bezos Raumfahrtunternehmen Blue Origin den Bauauftrag für die Monadlandefähre Blue Moon. Der Auftrag an Blue Origin hat ein Volumen von 3,15 Milliarden Euro. Wie die US-Weltraumagentur mitteilte, soll die Landefähre bei der für 2029 geplanten Mondlandemission Artemis 5 verwendet werden. Gründer Jeff Bezos äußerte sich zum Zuschlag an sein Unternehmen: Es…
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Direct from America’s space program to YouTube, watch NASA TV live streaming here to get the latest from our exploration of the universe and learn how we discover our home planet. NASA TV airs a variety of regularly scheduled, pre-recorded educational and public relations programming 24 hours a day on its various channels. The network…
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NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface. At least one of those astronauts will make…
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NASA and SpaceX have cleared the Demo-2 mission for Saturday’s launch attempt, scheduled for 3:22 p.m. EDT. Mission managers now have to take weather into account; the forecast shows a strong possibility weather conditions won’t allow a launch. Bad weather scrubbed Wednesday’s attempt to launch the mission, the first launch of astronauts on an American rocket from…
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Musk’s SpaceX, Bezos‘ Blue Origin and Dynetics will be competing to design and build the next lunar landing vehicle for the Artemis mission in 2024. NASA has named three privately owned companies to develop lunar landers that will carry astronauts to the moon’s surface in 2024—and beyond. The three teams, which include Blue Origin, Space…
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A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifting off on a Falcon 9…
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They said to shoot for the moon, and the time to apply has come. On March 2, 2020, NASA began accepting applications for its next class of astronauts for trips to the moon and the International Space Station. U.S. citizens can apply here until the deadline on March 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The…
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NASA is seeking proposals for human lunar landing systems designed and developed by American companies for the Artemis program, which includes sending the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024. The final call to industry comes after NASA issued two drafts on July 19 and Aug. 30, encouraging companies…
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On July 19, 1 p.m. NASA will broadcast live from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the historic, newly-restored Apollo mission control room at Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. They will also be at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, with a special…
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