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The Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off at 12:06 p.m. ET Oct. 14 from Launch Pad 39A aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
The mission will help scientists better understand how life developed on Earth and the potential for finding life beyond our planet.
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The crawler-transporter 2 officially traveled its 2,500th mile at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Thanks to our dedicated crawler teams over the years, the crawler continues to transport newer and more powerful spacecraft for NASA Artemis missions 59 years after it was first built.
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Check out this time-lapse showing crawler-transporter 2 reaching 2,500 miles traveled! The crawler achieved this feat late last month while traveling to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in preparation for transporting mobile launcher 1 for NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon.
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#Crew9 members Nick Hague of @nasaastronauts and Aleksandr Gorbunov of Roscosmos launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida at 1:17 p.m. ET September 28.
On September 3, 2024, Orion's European Service Module-3 was delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building after being transported via Canopée ship. The European Service Module-3, provided by the European Space Agency and built by Airbus, traveled from Bremen, Germany, across the Atlantic Ocean to Florida, USA. The European Service Module-3 will be used for Artemis III and serves as a key component to further deepen space exploration by providing propulsion, thermal control, electrical power, and life support systems for the Orion spacecraft.
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A SpaceX a Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will dock with the International Space Station at 5:30 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 1:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 28, for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
For reference, 2,500 miles is approximately the driving distance from the Artemis launch site, Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to the base for Artemis recovery operations, Naval Base San Diego in California.
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The cone shaped launch vehicle stage adapter connects to SLS rocket to the upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, and protects the rocket’s flight computers, avionics, and electrical devices during launch and ascent.
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 2:05 p.m. EST on Thursday, Sept. 26 for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, with back-up dates on Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28.
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NASA science onboard the Polaris Dawn mission will help researchers better understand how exposure to space conditions affects the human body, testing new approaches on telemedicine capabilities and space motion sickness.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft touched down safely in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, at 12:01am ET Sept. 7, concluding the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. The mission is part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Starliner on June 5 for its first crewed flight, arriving at the @iss on June 6. As Starliner approached the orbiting laboratory, NASA and Boeing identified helium leaks and experienced issues with the spacecraft reaction control thrusters. For the safety of the astronauts, NASA announced on Aug. 24 that Starliner will return to Earth from the station without a crew. Wilmore and Williams will remain aboard the station and return home in February 2025 aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
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Soon, our Artemis II astronauts will embark on their journey around the Moon—opening the door for a new chapter of awe and discovery. Hear from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson as he discusses the Space Launch System and Artemis campaign from inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy.
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The EGS team practiced emergency procedures during day and nighttime launch scenarios with the closeout crew, the team responsible for helping the astronauts get inside the Orion spacecraft, and the Pad Rescue team, which would aid personnel away from the launch pad in an emergency.
While the crew and other personnel will ride the emergency egress baskets in a real emergency, no one rode the baskets for this test. Instead, teams tested the baskets during separate occasions by using water tanks filled to different levels to replicate simulate the weight of passengers.
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The EGS team practiced emergency procedures during day and nighttime launch scenarios with the closeout crew, the team responsible for helping the astronauts get inside the Orion spacecraft, and the Pad Rescue team, which would aid personnel away from the launch pad in an emergency.
While the crew and other personnel will ride the emergency egress baskets in a real emergency, no one rode the baskets for this test. Instead, teams tested the baskets during separate occasions by using water tanks filled to different levels to replicate simulate the weight of passengers.
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To prepare for future #Artemis missions, which will establish humans living and working on the lunar surface, we have to rearrange some furniture!
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is the only building to have assembled a rocket that has carried humans to another world. Fifty years ago, teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center built the Saturn V rocket for the Apollo missions inside of the VAB. Now, we’re building the Artemis Moon rockets inside of this national landmark.
Teams are currently outfitting the VAB’s High Bay 2 for vertical assembly of the rocket stage. This new capability will hold the core stage in a vertical position, allowing teams to integrate the Space Launch System rocket’s engine section and four RS-25 engines to finish assembly of the rocket stage.
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JoAnn Morgan was the first and only woman in the firing room for Apollo 11, and Charlie Blackwell Thompson is the first woman launch director for NASA, leading the Artemis mission.
Hear from both these distinguished women as they recount JoAnn’s experiences during the Apollo era and Charlie’s encouragement for the future Artemis Generation in the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=4w9j4baOnuM
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Tugboats and towing vessels moved the barge and core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled.
Team members with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program safely transferred the 212-foot-tall core stage from the agency’s Pegasus barge, which arrived at NASA Kennedy’s Complex 39 turn basin wharf on July 23, onto the self-propelled module transporter, which is used to move large elements of hardware. It was then rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle where teams will process it until it is ready for rocket stacking operations.
In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.
The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back.
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The mobile launcher serves as the primary interface between the ground launch systems, SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, and Orion spacecraft that will launch the SLS Block 1B rocket to the Moon. With its enhanced upper stage, the new rocket will allow NASA to send astronauts and heavier cargo into lunar orbit than its predecessor, SLS Block 1. With Artemis, NASA will land the first woman, first person of color, and its first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, establish long-term exploration for scientific discovery, and prepare for human missions to Mars.
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Take a look inside one of the emergency egress baskets at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for future NASA Artemis missions In the event of an emergency at the pad during the launch countdown, these baskets, similar to gondolas on ski lifts, will take the astronauts and pad personnel safely from the mobile launcher to the base of the pad where emergency transport vehicles will drive them away.
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Tugboats and towing vessels moved the barge and core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled.
Team members with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program safely transferred the 212-foot-tall core stage from the agency’s Pegasus barge, which arrived at NASA Kennedy’s Complex 39 turn basin wharf on July 23, onto the self-propelled module transporter, which is used to move large elements of hardware. It was then rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle where teams will process it until it is ready for rocket stacking operations.
In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.
The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back.
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Walk the path of our NASA Artemis II astronauts onto the crew access arm of mobile launcher 1, explore the emergency egress system, and stand in the flame trench used to deflect the 8.8 million pounds of thrust from NASA's Space Launch System during liftoff.
Head to part 1 to start from the beginning and walk the pad surface, ride up the elevator, and stroll the highest level of the launcher tower for a stellar view of Kennedy Space Center.
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Explore mobile launcher 1 by walking the Launch Complex 39B pad surface, riding up the elevator like the NASA Artemis II crew, and strolling the highest level of the launcher tower for a stellar view of the surrounding landscape.
Head to part two to walk the crew access arm, explore the emergency egress system, and stand in the flame trench used to deflect the 8.8 million pounds of thrust from NASA's Space Launch System during liftoff.
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The Launch Services Program's Student Volunteer Experience a one-week educational program for college students with unconventional schedules. Seven exceptional student athletes were selected to join us at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to explore careers within the agency!
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The Launch Services Program's Student Volunteer Experience a one-week educational program for college students with unconventional schedules. Seven exceptional student athletes were selected to join us at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to explore careers within the agency!
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LSP's Student Volunteer Experience a one-week educational program for college students with unconventional schedules. Seven exceptional student athletes were selected to join us at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to explore careers within the agency!
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