Artemis 2 aims for Apr. 1 launch
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SpaceX and Blue Origin hold Human Lander System (HLS) flight service contracts with NASA to ferry astronauts to and from lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon. “This is really the only pathway in order to achieve success with the lunar landing within the time frames that we are targeting,” Isaacman said.
Follow the Artemis II crew aboard Orion, from SLS launch to Pacific splashdown, completing system checkouts, trajectory burns, and lunar observations during their 10-day mission.
NASA’s Artemis II mission to carry four people around the moon and back could launch as early as this Sunday, Feb. 8. Backup dates keep this launch window open into April if delays occur, but NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch ...
China has successfully completed a static fire test of the first stage of the rocket that will take Chinese taikonauts to the Moon in the years to come. The test occurred at the LC-301 launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island.