Inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, August 8, Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Company) astronaut Jeremy Hansen check out the Orion spacecraft that will take them on a 10-day journey around the Moon as the first Artemis team. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
The Artemis II astronauts have a look at their trip to the Moon …
Practicing post-splashdown recovery operations for Artemis II …
And the Webb Space Telescope checks out a record-breaking star …
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” The step of success for Artemis II is seeing our coworkers on the lunar surface area, seeing our coworkers assembling Gateway.– Reid Wiseman, NASA Astronaut
They practiced functional activities that will be utilized to securely obtain the Artemis II astronauts and Orion spacecraft from the Pacific Ocean at the end of the objective. The approximately 10-day flight will be the very first Artemis objective to send out astronauts around the Moon and return them safely to Earth.
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope followed up on the Hubble Space Telescopes observations of Earendel– the farthest star ever spotted in the very distant universe, within the first billion years after the big bang.
The Artemis II Crew Visits Space Coast
On August 8, the Artemis II astronauts visited NASAs Kennedy Space Center to inspect out the Orion spacecraft that will bring them around the Moon and back. They also took part in a press conference with NASA management to discuss Artemis II and how it will assist pave the way for future long-lasting human exploration objectives to the Moon, and ultimately to Mars.
” The procedure of success for Artemis II is seeing our coworkers on the lunar surface area, seeing our associates putting together Gateway. And then, seeing individuals that are following in our steps strolling on Mars and returning to planet Earth.”– Reid Wiseman, NASA Astronaut
Artemis II will be the first objective with astronauts to the Moon in more than 50 years.
Naval helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 “Wildcards” fly over the Orion Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) with American flags after completing operations throughout an Artemis II objective simulation during NASAs Underway Recovery Test 10 (URT-10) off the coast of San Diego. Credit: NASA/Kenny Allen
NASA Completes First Recovery Test for Artemis II
Teams from NASA and the Department of Defense just recently completed Underway Recovery Test 10 off the coast of San Diego. They practiced operational activities that will be utilized to securely obtain the Artemis II astronauts and Orion spacecraft from the Pacific Ocean at the end of the mission. The approximately 10-day flight will be the very first Artemis mission to send out astronauts around the Moon and return them safely to Earth.
This image from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope of a huge galaxy cluster called WHL0137-08 consists of the most highly magnified galaxy understood in deep spaces very first billion years: the Sunrise Arc, and within that galaxy, the most remote star ever found. The star, nicknamed Earendel, was very first discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Dan Coe (STScI/AURA for ESA, JHU), Brian Welch (NASA-GSFC, UMD), Zolt G. Levay
Webb Reveals Colors of Most Distant Star Ever Detected
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope followed up on the Hubble Space Telescopes observations of Earendel– the farthest star ever spotted in the really distant universe, within the very first billion years after the big bang. Webbs Near-Infrared Camera revealed that the huge star is more than twice as hot as our Sun, and about a million times more luminous. Astronomers also think that, based entirely on the colors of Earendel, it might have a cooler redder companion star.