We’re celebrating the full Moon with a look at what’s to come with Artemis II and a look back at our Artemis I journey, which set records, exceeded expectations, and established new baselines for humans in deep space.
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In 1969,
@NASA_Johnson
engineer John Hirasaki spent three weeks in quarantine along with the Apollo 11 crew. Along with deactivating and decontaminating the Command Module, he was one of the first to see the lunar samples.
#AANHPI
Read his oral history:
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The next round of Pathways Internships will accept applications from Aug. 14 - Aug. 21, 2024. These hands-on internships offer a direct route to conversion into a career with
@NASA
.
Prepare to apply:
Round one of vacuum testing done and one step closer to flying crew around the Moon✅
At
@NASAKennedy
, teams completed electromagnetic testing on the
#Artemis
II Orion, now in the Final Assembly and Test cell preparing for round two of vacuum tests. More:
.
@Axiom_Space
recently tested its AxEMU lunar spacesuit for the first time at
@NASA
's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. The uncrewed suit was submerged underwater to simulate the 1/6th gravity environment of the Moon to test its pressure garment system. Future testing at the pool will…
From concept to creation! Gateway's Lunar I-Hab is taking shape ahead of Artemis IV. During the mission
@NASA_Orion
will deliver the habitation module provided by
@esa
to Gateway and
#Artemis
astronauts will enter the space station for the first time.
While every Block 1B configuration of the SLS rocket will use a payload adapter beginning with
@NASAArtemis
IV, each will be customized to fit the mission’s needs.
Learn more about this piece of hardware and its progress >>
Remember quarantine? The Apollo 11, 12 and 14 astronauts each spent 21 days in quarantine after their missions to the Moon, in case they had been infected with lunar organisms. NASA Administrator George Low announced that future Apollo crews would not be quarantined
#OTD
in 1971.
As
@NASA
prepares to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the
#Artemis
campaign, scientists are studying how isolation affects crew members in deep space.
Meet the crew for the next simulated Mars mission in HERA at
@NASA_Johnson
:
As we observe
#ArborDay
today, we would like to look back the 2023 NASA Moon Trees Quest. For the quest, The GLOBE Program worked with subject matter experts from
@NASAArtemis
,
@forestservice
and
@NASASTEM
to produce “Moon Trees: Past, Present, and Future”.
View the…
In our new podcast episode, we discuss how inflatable habitats moved from concept papers to the
@Space_Station
, and what NASA is doing to eventually put one on the Moon!
Our guest is Tom Jones, expert on inflatable habitats
@NASA_Marshall
.
Listen!:
#Artemis
currently has over 3,800 suppliers contributing to the SLS rocket,
@NASA_Orion
, and
@NASAGroundSys
.
This week, our team has been visiting some of the companies in the Northeast to thank them for their hard work.
More about Artemis partners>>
A new generation of Moon Trees are taking root to carry on a legacy of inspiration! 🌱
Seeds that journeyed 270,000 miles during
@NASAArtemis
I were germinated & grown into seedlings are now ready for their new roles on Earth as Artemis Moon Trees:
#Artemis
currently has over 3,800 suppliers contributing to
@NASA_SLS
and
@NASA_Orion
.
Exploration Ground Systems has been visiting some of our suppliers in the Northeast this week to thank them for their hard work.
Read more about Artemis partners here:
🌕
@NASA
has contracted SpaceX and Blue Origin to provide landing systems to take astronauts to the Moon’s surface. The agency has also asked the two companies to develop cargo versions of their landers to be in use NET the
#Artemis
VII mission.
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Let’s look back at
#NASAStennisHistory
! The Moon hangs high over the A-2 Test Stand on April 17, 1966, with the Saturn S-II-T rocket stage installed on the stand and ready for testing in support of
@NASA
's Apollo Program the following week. Stay tuned for periodic history posts!
SLS has arrived in the Northeast!
Over the next few days, our team will visit some of the small businesses that play a huge role in the
@NASAArtemis
campaign as they continue to work toward future crewed missions.
More about our
#Artemis
partners:
Meet the
#Artemis
generation! 🌙
The
@NASAArtemis
generation will be the next wave of space explorers that will continue to push the boundaries of space exploration to greater depths. The diversity throughout this generation will bring something so unique to the future…