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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Tuesday that Artemis 2 will be delayed until Sept. 2025 and Artemis 3 until Sept. 2026. The additional time is needed both from a hardware readiness perspec

Imagescourtesy of NASA At Jacobs, we provide critical support to NASAs human exploration endeavor at multiple field centers around the country. At Kennedy Space Center , the...

Campos, Helga, and Zohar have finally exited Orion and are now en route to their respective labs.

USS Portland (LPD 27) is officially a San Antonio-class transport dock. It’s fielded by the U.S. Navy, and ever since its launch in 2017, it led a ...

Ten month schedule to ready SLS for Artemis 1 launch after Core Stage arrives at KSC May 3, 2021 NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is looking at a wide range of forecasts for when they can complete testing necessary to be ready to launch Artemis 1. The Core Stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle arrived at the Kennedy Space Center and was moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on April 29 to prep for stacking with the new launch vehicle’s Solid Rocke...

NASA SLS Green Run testing complete, Boeing readies Core Stage for tow to Florida April 12, 2021 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and prime Core Stage contractor Boeing wrapped up the Green Run testing campaign on the Artemis 1 flight article at the Stennis Space Center and are readying the vehicle for its long-awaited shipment to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. After reviewing the performance of the vehicle from its second test-firing in mid-March, NASA and Boeing agreed t...

Spaceflight Insider Sean Costello January 16th, 2021 NASA’s Artemis I Orion capsule is being moved from the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, at Kennedy Space Center, January 16, 2021. Photo: Theresa Cross, SpaceFlight Insider Under blue Florida skies, NASA put in motion the next phase of preparations for the first Space Launch System (SLS) mission, Artemis I, with the moving of the Orion capsule from the Neil Armstrong Operations and Ch...