NASA delays Artemis 2 moon mission to March
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The Artemis II astronauts will have near-constant communication with Earth.
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February’s night sky brings a planetary parade, Orion and the Artemis II launch
Here's what to expect to see in the night sky this February!
NASA has released an animation detailing the Artemis II mission, a crewed test flight that will validate the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for deep-space travel beyond low Earth orbit.
“The Orion Waste Management System (WMS) features a full commode suitable for short to mid-length duration missions, offering both privacy and comfortable means for the astronauts to use the bathroom. It employs a small urine tank that is vented to space and replaceable canisters for solid waste storage,” a technical paper on Orion states.
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What is the NASA Artemis program?
NASA said Tuesday that it has postponed the second mission of its Artemis program, pushing the highly anticipated launch from Feb. 8 into March. During a wet dress rehearsal of the rocket-towering system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
NASA is inviting the public to add their names to a historic lunar mission known as Artemis 2 that is due to launch between February and April.
NASA's wet dress rehearsal did not go as smoothly as planned. As a result, the Artemis II launch is now no earlier than March 6. Here's what we know.