Reading Time: 5 minutes When NASA’s ambitious Artemis I project rocket—the agency’s most powerful launch vehicle ever—blasted into space from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on November 16, scarcely more than a century ago automobiles and airplanes were still in their cradles. In a historical blink of an eye, in other words, human existence has been utterly transformed by technology. […]
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NASA scrubs Artemis 1 launch due to engine bleed issues
Reading Time: 2 minutes On August 29, engine bleed issues called a halt to a key Artemis 1, the deep space mission prepped for launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket would have entered a 42-day unmanned mission to test deep space exploration capacities: a critical test run before […]
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NASA shoots for the Moon with Artemis launch
Reading Time: 7 minutes UPDATE: Artemis 1, the first stage of a mission to return people to the surface of the Moon, was originally scheduled to launch on Monday August 29 at 8:33am EDT. That launch has been pushed back due to a failed engine bleed 40 minutes prior to launch. The next available window for launch is September […]