Artemis

[Summary] NASA chief defends selection of all-male crew for Artemis III mission CBS NewsNASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027, Names Crew Members NASA (.gov)Heading back into orb Details NASA chief defends selection of all-male crew for Artemis III mission CBS NewsNASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027, Names Crew Members NASA (.gov)Heading back into orbit: Miami Sunset High graduate is spacebound again Miami HeraldNASA announces astronauts for its Artemis III mission to test new moon landers NBC NewsChesapeake native Andre Douglas selected for NASA’s Artemis III crew 13newsnow.com ...

A Blue Origin New Glenn heavy-lift rocket exploded during a static fire test at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking another major setback for the company and casting doubt on NASA’s reliance on it for lunar missions.

NASA has released thousands of new photos from the Artemis II mission, highlighting nine of the best images including panoramic views of Earth and far-side lunar imagery.

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon human landing system has completed vacuum chamber testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, marking a key milestone for the Artemis program. Meanwhile, NASA has released over 12,000 Artemis II mission photographs.

Artemis II’s four-person crew set a new record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth at 252,756 miles (406,771 km), breaking the 56-year-old record held by Apollo 13.