NASA craft to face heat-shield test on its first astronaut flight next year

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...
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Sierra Space Shooting Star™ Cargo Module Initiates Rigorous Testing at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sierra Space, a leading pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced today the commencement ...
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NASA Completes First Recovery Test for Artemis II

NASA and the Department of Defense successfully completed the first recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission Tuesday off the coast of San Diego. During the test, the team practiced how they ...
TechSpot

NASA astronauts test lunar module elevator ahead of Artemis Moon mission

In a nutshell: NASA recently tested a scale mockup of an elevator designed to help astronauts get from the lunar lander to the surface of the Moon. The Starship landing system will be used to ...
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Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn An uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully traveled thousands of ...
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NASA Artemis II’s Orion Crew, Service Modules Joined

NASA’s Orion spacecraft crew and service modules that will transport astronauts around the moon on the Artemis II mission have been joined at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 10-day Artemis II ...
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Starliner landing date moved again as NASA and Boeing teams seek more spacecraft testing

After launching June 5 to the International Space Station onboard Boeing's Starliner, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were planning for a roughly eight-day mission. While their visit ...
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NASA Puts Dream Chaser Commercial Spaceplane Under Its Wing For Hardcore Testing

Sierra Space has delivered its Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, to NASA for some hardcore training. The uncrewed spaceplane is scheduled to launch a demonstration mission in 2024 to the orbital ...
Space.com

Europe hands Artemis 2 moon ship's service module over to NASA (photo)

Papers were just signed to deliver the Artemis 2 service module into NASA's possession. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The next ...
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NASA Completes Ground Testing of Starliner Engines

NASA and Boeing say they have wrapped up ground testing on Starliner's engines at the agency's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. While the team is not quite ready to give astronauts Butch ...
Ars Technica

What NASA wants to see from SpaceX’s second Starship test flight

NASA managers are in South Texas this weekend as SpaceX prepares to launch its second full-sized Starship rocket. If the rocket flies perfectly, it will unlock additional tests beginning as soon as ...