Updated on December 21, 2020 at 12:32 am
After six months aboard the International Space Station, a Randolph native has been named as one of the 18 astronauts with a chance to go to the moon.
Scott Tingle, a graduate of Blue Hills Regional Technical School, has been selected as a member of NASA’s Artemis Team, according to a news release from Jill Rossetti, the school s superintendent.
The team will work toward putting one man and one woman on the moon in 2024 for further exploration. They would then use data from that mission to prepare a future mission to Mars, the release stated.
Two Coloradans are on the short list to travel to the moon.
NASA Astronauts Matthew Dominick of Wheat Ridge and Jessica Watkins of Lafayette were among 18 astronauts named on Dec. 9 to the Artemis Program, the next lunar mission.
NASA plans to have the next man and first woman on the moon by 2024.
Retired astronaut Scott Kelly tested the limits of putting humans in space when he spent a year in orbit to test the effects on his own body. As NASA’s Perseverance rover prepared to touch down on Mars, Kelly joined LX News to talk about the goal of getting a human mission to Mars by 2030. NASA Dec 21, 2020
After six months aboard the International Space Station, a Randolph native has been named as one of the 18 astronauts with a chance to go to the moon. Scott Tingle, a graduate of Blue Hills Regional Technical School, has been selected as a member of NASA’s Artemis Team, according to a news release from Jill Rossetti, the school’s superintendent..
NASA Johnson Space Center receives Orion spacecraft training simulator
Shane McGlaun - Dec 19, 2020, 8:55am CST
NASA is preparing astronauts for missions in the Orion spacecraft with the arrival of the spacecraft simulator at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulator allows astronauts, engineers, and flight controllers to train and practice for mission scenarios using Orion for future missions to the moon. Orion is the spacecraft that will be used for the first Artemis missions to the moon.
Inside the simulator, the interior is outfitted with the same displays seen in the actual Orion spacecraft and control systems and crew seats able to mimic what astronauts will experience when the Orion spacecraft launches. The simulator can also mimic what astronauts will feel on returning to Earth after the mission is complete.
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Chari, 43, will serve as the commander while NASA s Tom Marshburn will be pilot and ESA s Matthias Maurer will serve as a mission specialist for the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the ISS, which is expected to launched next year.
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(L-R) NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer.
WASHINGTON: Indian-American US Air Force Colonel
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Chari has been selected as the Commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA and the European Space Agency.
Chari, 43, will serve as the commander while NASA s Tom Marshburn will be pilot and ESA s Matthias Maurer will serve as a mission specialist for the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the ISS, which is expected to launched next year.