For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – For the first time NASA was able to fully fuel both stages of the agency’s Mega Moon Rocket with supercold cryogenic propellants and enter the terminal countdown to within 29 seconds of T-Zero on Monday June 20, despite a hydrogen leak during the fourth attempt to complete the critical countdown and
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The practice countdown has begun for the fourth attempt by NASA to complete the critical countdown and tanking test – known as the Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) – for the now repaired SLS Artemis 1 Moon rocket standing vertical at launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – With the seasons 1st tropical storm on the way towards Florida right at the open of Hurricane season technicians final preparations are in progress to roll NASA’s now repaired Artemis 1 Moon rocket out from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, just past
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Repairs are in progress on NASA’s first ever Space Launch System (SLS) Mega Moon rocket and ground systems required to carry out the next attempt at the critical countdown and fueling test – known as the Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) – after the 32 story tall stack rolled off the launch
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA has selected Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop the next US human lander system (HLS) to carry out the agency’s goal of landing the next Americans astronauts on the South Pole of the Moon as soon as late 2024 under Project Artemis – they would be the first humans walking on
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – President Biden is proposing a $24.7 Billion Budget for NASA in Fiscal Year 2022 in newly released initial funding documents from the Biden Administration. This FY 2022 NASA discretionary budget spending proposal amounts to a significant 6.3% increase over the enacted budget for 2021 amounting to $1.5 Billion and thereby indicates strong support for NASA programs
Former Sen. Bill Nelson nominated by President Biden to serve as the next NASA Administrator. In this file photo Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida welcomes the newly arrived Orion crew capsule at a Kennedy Space Center unveiling ceremony on July 2, 2012 and proclaims Mars is NASA’s long term goal for human exploration. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/SpaceUpClose.comFor SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After completing repairs to a balky liquid oxygen pre-valve NASA announced that the agency is targeting Thursday, March 18 to perform a second Green Run hot fire test on the Space Launch System (SLS) mega Moon rocket’s core stage planned for the Artemis-1 moon launch. The second test is a direct result
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA has selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch the first two elements of the Lunar orbiting Gateway platform on a commercial rocket for a flight targeting no earlier than May 2024. Gateway will become the first permanent mini space station around the moon and be launched into the near-rectilinear halo orbit
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The Biden White House backed NASA’s Project Artemis goal of landing humans on the Moon in a recent briefing by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in the most detailed comments about the new Administrations strategy regarding space exploration – although few details or timelines were specified. NASA’s current goal of landing