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Share this article As NASA gears up for its Artemis I mission — the operation that will prepare the agency to send its first woman and first person of color to the Moon — the space organization has asked the general public to help name the “Moonikin,” or anatomical human model, that will be on board the Orion crew capsule. The dummy will be used to “gather data on the vibrations that human crewmembers will experience during future Artemis missions,” according to NASA. There are eight names currently in the running — Ace, Campos, Delos, Duhart, Montgomery, Rigel, Shackleton and W...

Share NASA has named three students the winners of the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest for their creative visions of a pioneering journey to the Moon. Nearly 14,000 students entered the contest, each competing for the grand prize: a trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where they will witness the first launch of the Artemis era. NASA invited students to envision themselves leading a crew, or “pod,” on a mission to the Moon’s South Pole, and capture these ideas in their essays. NASA and Future Engineers, an online platform for student challenges, launched the contest in Septe...

Laguna Beach Local News Laguna Beach student Taia Saurer. Courtesy of NASA Laguna Beach student Taia Saurer was named by NASA on Wednesday among three winners of the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest for their creative visions of a pioneering journey to the Moon. Saurer won the fifth through eighth-grade category. Nearly 14,000 students entered the contest, each competing for the grand prize: a trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center where they will witness the first launch of the Artemis rocket. All of the essay entries will fly on a USB flash drive aboard the Artemis I mission, the first step i...

essay_winners1.png From left to right, students Austin Pritts, Taia Saurer, and Amanda Gutierrez have been named the winners of the Moon Pod Essay Contest for their creative visions of a journey to the Moon. The contest was a collaborative effort between NASAs Office of STEM Engagement and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate in partnership with the online platform Future Engineers. Credits: NASA NASA has named three students the winners of the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest for their creative visions of a pioneering journey to the Moon. Nearly 14,000 students entered the ...

Johnson Space Center director Mark Geyer moves to new role due to cancer diagnosis Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Mark Geyer (KPRC 2) HOUSTON – Mark Geyer, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, is stepping down from his position leading the center to focus more time on his health and family in light of a cancer diagnosis, a news release said. “Mark has had an exceptional impact on this agency, leading the nation’s key human spaceflight programs for decades. Under Mark’s leadership, Johnson has moved the United States into a new era of human space exploration,” said NASA Admini...