Enlarge / This image taken by NASA's Orion spacecraft shows its view just before the vehicle flew behind the Moon in 2022. (credit: NASA) Although NASA is unlikely to speak about it publicly any time soon, the space agency is privately considering modifications to its Artemis plan to land astronauts on the surface of the Moon later this decade. Multiple sources have confirmed that NASA is studying alternatives to the planned Artemis III landing of two astronauts on the Moon, nominally scheduled for September 2026, due to concerns about hardware readiness and mission complexity. Under one of the options, astronauts would launch into low-Earth orbit inside an Orion spacecraft and rendezvous there with a Starship vehicle, separately launched by SpaceX.
Nasa May Alter Artemis Iii To Have Starship And Orion Dock In Low-earth Orbit
Eric Berger, Ars Technica
Fri, 04/19/2024 - 8:20am
BING NEWS:
- SpaceX’s Starship lunar-landing tech passes a key in-space refueling test
SpaceX’s Starship HLS will launch separately. It will rendezvous and dock with the Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit. Two of the Artemis astronauts will then transfer across to Starship HLS and descend ...
04/29/2024 - 4:04 am | View Link - NASA Updates on Starship Refueling, as SpaceX Prepares...
Starship is contracted to be the designated landing system for the Artemis III ... low-Earth orbit (LEO), which would be resupplied by several tanker Starships. The HLS Starship would then dock ...
04/27/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link - NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
Multiple sources have confirmed that NASA is studying alternatives to the planned Artemis III ... into low-Earth orbit inside an Orion spacecraft and rendezvous there with a Starship vehicle ...
04/18/2024 - 9:19 pm | View Link - NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
And testing Starship catching is also going to be kept out of Florida until it's tested elsewhere. SLS+Orion to just bring some crew to orbit? SpaceX does that much cheaper. Maybe even CST will ...
04/18/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link - NASA Langley is testing solar sail technology that could reduce costs of space missions
This could prove challenging, he said, because the sails are not made to fly in low-Earth orbit. “So, that’s an extra bonus,” Warren said. If successful, the technology could be scaled up to ...
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