NASA administrators recently gave important updates on the progress of the Artemis program. They addressed Artemis II, the first crewed mission, Artemis III, the mission set to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole, and Artemis IV, which will incorporate [...]
May 19th, 2023: Congratulations to Blue Origin on being selected by NASA as the second Artemis lunar lander provider! NASA previously awarded SpaceX the contract to build the commercial human lander as part of the Artemis III mission. The contract awarded to Blue Origin [...]
December 11, 2022: We have splashdown! 50 years to the day after humanity’s last crewed landing on the moon, the Orion capsule completed the historic Artemis I mission with splashdown into the Pacific Ocean southwest of California. Over the course of 25.5 days [...]
November 16th, 2022: We have liftoff! After a handful of delays and scrubbed launches, Artemis I was able to take to the skies, and beyond, in the early morning of Wednesday, November 16th. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft is currently on its way [...]
January 16, 2021: NASA has officially transferred ownership of the Artemis I Orion spacecraft to the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) group for final preparations for launch. The transfer marks the completion of the assembly of spacecraft, which first began at NASA’s Michoud [...]
March 2, 2020: The Orion Backup Flight Software (BFS) team was visited last week by astronaut Randy Bresnik. Bresnik discussed the importance of BFS in ensuring the safety of our astronauts and the success of the Artemis program. The Backup Flight Software [...]
