Following the recent changes to the Artemis program, NASA leadership hosted the Ignition event on March 24, to present an extensive set of programmatic changes to implement the new National Space Policy. The briefings detailed a series of architectural realignments, acquisition strategy shifts, and new timelines across the agency’s space Continue Reading
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NASA announces major overhaul to the Artemis program: What’s changing?
This week brought some dramatic shifts for the Artemis architecture. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has announced a sweeping overhaul of the Artemis program, designed to increase launch cadence, by standardizing hardware, and taking a more phased “Apollo-style” approach to returning humans to the Moon. Here is a breakdown of what Continue Reading
Today in air and space: NASA announces the second spacecraft to land on the Moon in the Artemis program
Today (May 19, 2023) NASA announced the team of companies selected to build the second spacecraft to be used in the Artemis program for landings on the Moon. Two years ago, SpaceX was the only company chosen to build a spacecraft, called the HLS (Human Landing System) to carry out Continue Reading
