According to NASA’s Inspector General, “delays in spacesuit development” present another insurmountable hurdle to returning to the Moon for 2024, the planned date for Project Artemis’ triumphant touchdown aboard the earth’s closest satellite. “With $420 million spent and another $625 million expected, suits won’t be ready for flight until April …
Read More »Musk to the Moon! SpaceX gets NASA contract to develop & build Artemis lunar lander
NASA has selected SpaceX “to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface,” the agency announced on Friday. “At least one of those astronauts will make history as the first woman on the Moon. Another goal of …
Read More »US & 7 friendly nations sign Artemis Accords to carve up moon – but satellite is hard to reach without Russia’s help
The Artemis Accords, proposed in May to set reasonable boundaries for the growing number of countries eager to stake a claim to Earth’s only satellite, have been officially unveiled on Tuesday. In addition to the US, the signatory countries are Australia, Canada, Japan, Italy, the UK, Luxembourg, the UAE, and …
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