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Wet Dress Rehearsal Countdown Progressing for Artemis II

By |2026-02-01T12:17:00-05:00February 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

A full Moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of February 1, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and [...]

Countdown Begins for Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal

By |2026-01-31T20:14:00-05:00January 31st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen at Launch Pad 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy [...]

Moon Seen Shining on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B

By |2026-01-31T05:44:20-05:00January 31st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Moon is seen shining over the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 28, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of [...]

KSC-01282026-Artemis II_Moon Shots-3

By |2026-01-31T05:44:19-05:00January 31st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Moon is seen shining over the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 28, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of [...]

Moon Seen Shining on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B

By |2026-01-31T05:44:14-05:00January 31st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Moon is seen shining over the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 28, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of [...]

Moon Seen Shining on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B

By |2026-01-31T05:44:13-05:00January 31st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Moon is seen shining over the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 28, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of [...]

Moon Seen Shining on Full Artemis II Stack at Launch Pad 39B

By |2026-01-31T05:44:10-05:00January 31st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The Moon is seen shining over the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 28, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of [...]

NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station

By |2026-01-30T18:33:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a distant promise, but [...]

NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards 

By |2026-01-30T15:45:00-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The NASA award to SpaceWorks Enterprises will focus on research using the company’s X-60 platform. SpaceWorks While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an even faster era of flight – one of vehicles that can fly [...]

NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus

By |2026-01-30T15:44:26-05:00January 30th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This telescopic close-up spans over two full [...]

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