This Week NASA: An Update on Artemis I Moon Mission, Webb Images Distant Planet
. Taking direct images of exoplanets is challenging because stars are so much brighter than planets. But Webb has an instrument called a coronagraph that blocks out starlight and makes it possible to capture direct images of certain exoplanets. This ability could help Webb reveal more information than ever before about exoplanets.
Cassie Rodriquez, center, Crew-5 chief training officer at Johnson Space Center, poses with mission crew, from left to right, Josh Cassada, Anna Kikina, Nicole Mann, and Koichi Wakata. Credit: Johnson Space Centerare now targeting no earlier than 12:45 p.m. EDT on October 3 for the launch of the agency’s Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. The launch date adjustment was made to accommodate spacecraft traffic coming to and leaving from the space station.
An artist’s impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface observations, even through clouds. Credit: Center National D’Etudes Spatiales NASA, the French space agency, CNES, and SpaceX are now targeting December 5, for the launch of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography, or SWOT, satellite. SWOT is the first satellite mission that will survey nearly all water on Earth, at an unprecedented level of detail.
Voyager’s high-gain antenna, seen at the center of this illustration of the NASA spacecraft, is one component controlled by the attitude articulation and control system . Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA nears second attempt to launch Artemis moon rocket on debut test flightGround teams at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday began a final full day of launch preparations on the eve of a second attempt to send NASA's giant, next-generation moon rocket on its debut test flight, five days after technical problems foiled an initial try.
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Artemis 1 moon mission is 'go' for Saturday launch, NASA saysLiftoff is scheduled to occur during a two-hour window that opens Saturday at 2:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT).
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Artemis I launch updates: NASA says launch date still expected to be SaturdayNASA officials announced that Artemis I is still on track to launch Saturday afternoon between 2:17 p.m. ET and 4:17 p.m. ET.
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NASA ready for second attempt at Artemis lunar launchFinal full day of launch preparations on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket ended on Friday.
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NASA Artemis I Launch Update: Mission Management Team Gives “Go”NASA's Artemis I mission management team met this afternoon to review the status of the operations. They have given a “go” for a September 3 launch attempt of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Since the previous launch attempt on Monday, August 29, teams have updated procedures, p
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