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 [...]
October 28, 2019: Last week, representatives of Odyssey Space Research supported a demonstration of lunar lander technology with Lockheed Martin at the 2019 International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC. The demonstration included Orion-derived software for the Artemis 1 mission and prototype guidance, [...]
