Post-flight inspection of the Artemis 1 Orion heat shield showed an unanticipated loss of char layer pieces from the ...

Artemis 1 will be the first launch of the agency’s Space Launch ... around the problem and troubleshooting, the issue has delayed final preparations to roll the vehicle out to the launch pad ...

After multiple nitrogen outages delayed Wet Dress Rehearsal operations ... system that runs and provides daily flows,” Artemis 1 Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said in the April ...

(Both Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 were delayed in January due to several technical issues.) Related: Astronauts won't walk on the moon until 2026 after NASA delays next 2 Artemis missions Artemis 1's ...

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The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2 is slated to fly around the moon with four astronauts no earlier than September 2025 — but ...

NASA’s delayed SLS rocket program ... SLS Program and is expected to spend a total of $17.4 billion by the Artemis 1 launch date,” the report explains. “However, as of January 2020, NASA ...

The space agency has made it clear that it will not launch Artemis 2 unless it figures out why the heat shield suffered more damage than it was supposed to during the Artemis 1 mission.

Earlier this year, NASA announced it had delayed until September ... with a launch by NASA's Space Launch System megarocket on Nov. 16, 2022. The 25-day Artemis 1 mission ended on Dec. 11, 2022 ...