With #Artemis, @NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. Take the next giant leap with us.
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250 miles (402 km) above the South Pacific Ocean, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (@ISS) get a glimpse of the waning gibbous as it peeks over the horizon in May 2022.
The astronauts aboard the space station orbit the Earth 17 times a day and might have the best viewing opportunity when #Artemis I launches. The orbiting laboratory allows scientists to see the effects of long-duration space travel, which helps inform future Artemis mission plans.
Image Description: This photo is split horizontally between the Earth and space. Earth is brilliant blue with white clouds sprinkled throughout its surface. Space is black, giving way to the grey Moon at the center of the photo.
Credit: @NASA
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Safety is our top priority.
The #Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed. During the tanking of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, teams discovered a leak in the hardware transferring propellants into the rocket. Despite troubleshooting efforts, teams were unable to fix the leak, and the launch was scrubbed.
Artemis I will be the first integrated flight test of the rocket and spacecraft that will bring humanity to the Moon; it's more important than ever to prioritize the safety of the teams and the hardware. Spaceflight is inherently risky, but @NASA is doing everything possible to minimize the risk and make it to the Moon.
Check here for updates on the new launch date.
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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🌙 L-1 #Artemis I
The Artemis I mission management team has given a “go” for a Sept. 3 launch attempt of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Get latest updates at blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/
We are "go" for Saturday.
On Sat., Sept. 3, @NASA will perform the second launch attempt of the #Artemis I mission. In this image, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launchpad 39B at @NASAKennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than Sept. 3 at 2:17 p.m. EDT. Live coverage of the launch broadcast will begin at 12:15 p.m. EDT. Click the link in the bio to watch.
Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon
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Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn 🌅
Teams have analyzed the data from Monday’s launch attempt and are preparing the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for a new launch date, set for no earlier than Saturday, September 3.
The #Artemis I mission represents a new dawn of space exploration for humanity and is a critical step in our return to the Moon and a stepping stone to Mars.
Image Description: The Sun breaks over the horizon, backlighting the SLS and infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39B to appear black. The sky is brilliant orange with clouds in light orange and shades of black.
Credit: @NASA/Bill Ingalls
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See you soon, Moon 🌕
The foundation of humanity’s return to deep space exploration will start a new chapter, with #Artemis I set to launch no earlier than Aug 29 at 8:33 a.m. EDT (12:33 UTC).
Coverage will be on Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and nasa.gov/live beginning at 6:30 a.m. EDT (10:30 UTC).
Image description: The side of the Moon that faces Earth is on full display, with its many craters, extinct volcanoes, and “seas.”
Credit: @NASA/@NASAGoddard/Arizona State University
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Before we launch @NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft on its test flight around the Moon with #Artemis I, @NASAAmes supercomputing system helped engineers and scientists with a visualization of the rocket's launch ignitions.
The uncrewed flight is set to launch no earlier than Aug. 29, and will usher in a new era of spaceflight.
Image description: A schematic of the launchpad shows plumes of fuel in purple, orange, and yellow in the visualization of ignition.
Credit: @NASA/Michael Barad & Tim Sandstrom
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We are ready. 🚀
In just five days, the first launch opportunity of the integrated Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft will take place. The uncrewed #Artemis I mission around the Moon is just the beginning. This flight test will pave the way for future crewed missions and begin a new chapter of exploration.
Credit: @NASA
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As we prepare for the launch of @NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket we wanted to take a look back at some of the most liked photos of our SLS rocket coming together over the years.
We asked NASA photographers to share their favorite photos of the SLS rocket for Artemis I at different phases of testing, manufacturing, and assembly:
📸 1 – The “We Are Going!” banner affixed to the gate in the foreground bears the handwritten names of agency employees and contractors who have worked to get the rocket and spacecraft ready for the Artemis I flight test. – Joel Kowsky
📸 2 – March 2018, crews at @NASA_Marshall in Huntsville, Alabama, transported the intertank structural test article off NASA’s Pegasus barge to the Load Test Annex test facility for qualification testing. – Emmett Given
📸 3 – This is the liquid oxygen tank structural test article as it was moved from the Pegasus barge to the West Test Area at our @NASA_Marshall on July 9, 2019. – Fred Deaton
📸 4 –Images like this remind me of all the small parts that have to be installed with care, expertise, and precision to create one huge Moon rocket. – Eric Bordelon
📸 5 – In this image, I attempted to illustrate the teamwork and communication happening as technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility. – Jared Lyons
📸 6 – When I look at this photo I am reminded of all of the hard work and countless hours the Michoud team put forth to build this next-generation Moon rocket. – Steven Seipel
📸 7 – Luckily, I didn’t run out [of gas] and was lucky enough to catch a beautiful Mississippi sunrise in the background, too. – Danny Nowlin
📸 8 – I have photographed big events like professional football games, but I wasn't prepared for the awesome power unleashed by the SLS’s core stage and four RS-25 engines. – Michael DeMocker
📸 9 – To me, this photo is a great combination of the scientific importance of Artemis I and the human touch of more than 100 engineers and scientists who have dedicated themselves to the mission over the years. – Dominic Hart
📸 10 – I really like this photo because the sun is shining on Artemis I like a spotlight. – Brandon Hancock
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For over two decades the International Space Station has enabled thousands of microgravity studies in low-Earth orbit. By combining the findings we can get in lunar orbit and results from science conducted on the space station, humanity is getting closer to Mars than ever before.
Learn more at nasa.gov/iss-science
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Are you excited for our upcoming Moon mission?
This Moon-mosaic is comprised of 1,231 images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) Narrow-Angle Camera (NAC) in the summer of 2018. The LRO team chose each tile from over 10,000 of the highest quality LROC NAC frames by searching for the best match of brightness and gradient (the direction and size of the brightness change across the frame).
Since LRO's launch in 2009, the camera team has published over one million gigabytes of image data, all of which are available to the public.
In anticipation of the upcoming #Artemis I mission to the Moon, NASA is asking the public to share all of your Moon-inspired content — including but not limited to your Moon photographs, your Moon music, and your Moon nail art — with the hashtag #NASAMoonSnap. We will be sharing a variety of Moon Snaps on our social media accounts, on our website, and during the Artemis I launch broadcast.
Credit: @NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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