A view captured by a camera on one of Orion’s solar array wings shows Earth setting beneath the moon’s horizon. A portion of the Orion capsule is in the foreground at left. (NASA Photo) NASA’s Orion capsule rounded the moon today, marking a crucial milestone in a weeks-long Artemis 1 […]
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NASA’s Orion capsule goes into a far-out orbit around the moon
A Flight Day 9 view from the Orion spacecraft shows Earth in the distance. (NASA / ESA) NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule successfully executed an engine burn to enter an unusual type of orbit around the moon on the 10th day of the weeks-long Artemis 1 mission, and it set a […]
The Irish company helping Artemis put humans back on the moon
Dr Sarah Bourke, CEO of Dublin-based Skytek, tells us about the software company’s big ESA contract win to work on the Gateway lunar space station. Last week, the world’s most powerful rocket blasted off into space. It’s the first step of NASA’s Artemis mission, which hopes that humans can soon […]
Biden reveals the White House plan for living on the moon and mining its resources
The first mission in NASA’s Artemis program finally took the Orion spacecraft on a trip around the moon, a huge step forward for the ambitious plan to bring humans to the lunar surface as soon as 2025. It’s also the beginning of the White House’s far-reaching ambitions for a permanent […]