NASA delays Artemis II Moon mission
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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 official countdown of the Artemis II Moon mission wet dress rehearsal test has begun at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“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.
NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that will take it more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of ...
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NASA launch rehearsal underway after being delayed by cold Florida weather
As NASA prepares for the launch of its Artemis II mission, record-breaking cold and freeze warnings along Florida’s Space Coast are turning the historic journey to the moon into a race against the weather.