Category Archives: Artemis Program

Friday / 2 Aug 2019

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New USA Commercial Lunar Lander Provider Contracts Could Be Awarded Before Oct 2019

As Announced By NASA Solicitation 80JSC019R0013, New Contracts For Lunar Landers Capable Of Delivering >10kg Payloads To Lunar Surface By 31 Dec 2023 Planned To Be Awarded To Begin 15 Oct 2019 And Possibly Extend Through 28 Nov 2028; RFP Responses Due By 29 Aug 2019; Urgency To Support Artemis Human Moon South Pole Landing By 2024, This Opportunity Will Add New Contractor(s) To Existing CLPS Contracts Which Are Now Held By Astrobotic ($79.5M) And Intuitive Machines ($77.2M), After Orbit Beyond Withdraws From Its $97M Contract

Credits: International Lunar Observatory Association, Astrobotic, Moon Express

Friday / 26 July 2019

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Artemis Spacecraft, Service Module, And Habitability Module Making Progress Toward 2024 Human Lunar Landing  

Orion Is Ready For Integration Into Artemis-1 Mission Planned By 2021; Vice President Pence At KSC Unveils Spacecraft Accompanied By Buzz Aldrin And Rick Armstrong Before Visiting Launch Complex 39A; Northrop Grumman Is Awarded Contract To Develop Minimum Habitation Module Based Upon Cygnus Spacecraft; ESA Formally Agrees To Contribute Additional Orion Service Module For Artemis-3 Human Lunar Landing; White House Reaffirms Commitment To Send Next Man And First Woman To Moon In 5 Years

Credits: NASA

Apollo11@50 Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 19-22 July 2019

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In Peace For All: Significant Time To Advance 21st Century Vision For Multi World Species

50th Observation Of 1969 Apollo 11 Landing At Tranquility Base Comes At Exciting And Critical Time For New Human Moon Landings; Crew Members Buzz Aldrin And Michael Collins Along With Neil Armstrong Family Meet At White House With USA President; Vice President Pence Giving Speech At Kennedy Space Center 20 July; Artemis Plan To Land First Women And Next Man At Moon South Pole 2024 Requires Additional Investment, Ideally 1% Of Federal Budget

Credits: NASA

Friday / 19 July 2019

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Jeff Bezos And Caroline Kennedy Make Enterprising, Opportune Comments For USA Return / First Women To Moon South Pole ASAP  

During Interview With CBS News On Apollo11@50, Bezos Shares His Hope For Blue Moon Lander(s) To Be On Mission To Land First Women On Moon – Which Is “Long Past Due” As Stated By Caroline Kennedy, Daughter JFK; Blue Origin Plans To Be Instrumental To USA Artemis Program, Envisions Cooperation With Dozens Of Other Companies & Governments To Achieve This Goal; Govt Commitment To Necessary Funding To Realize 2024 / Sustainable Moon Return Remains Significant Challenge

Credits: Blue Origin, NASA, LRO, LROC

SpaceWeek Edition
Mon-Sun / 15-21 July 2019

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US President, VP, Step Up For Artemis Moon Success
First Women Soon To South Pole Moon

Political And Financial Support For America Moon Return Imperative 2024 Has Broadest And Strongest Opportunity With Apollo@50 Lunar Highest Tide This July Space Month 2019: If Not Now, When? $20-40B Required For Artemis: NASA 1% Of US Govt FY Budget, New PPPs, International Cooperation For Moon, Mars, 21st Century Solar System Complete; Note Zhongguo / China Chang’e-4 Moon Far Side Jan 2019, India Chandrayaan-2 Moon South Pole Region Sep 2019

Credits: White House, Smithsonian, NASA, CNSA, ISRO

Tuesday / 2 July 2019

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Buzz Aldrin Pivots Support Toward Moon Before Mars 

Buzz Aldrin, On Eve Of July Apollo 11 Observations, Says Stephen Hawking Convinced Him That Humans Should Return To Moon First; At Starmus V Festival In Zurich With Theme ‘A Giant Leap’ Aldrin Receives Stephen Hawking Medal For Lifetime Achievement, Recalls Visit To Cambridge UK And Late Physicist Tapping Out ‘Moon First’ On Computer; Aldrin Will Land In Luxembourg For USA Independence Day, Hopes That Costs Of Lunar Return Will Be Shared By International Partners

Credits: Starmus Festival, NASA

 

Tuesday / 25 June 2019

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Three Apollo Astronauts Say They Support Artemis Return To The Moon

At Cradle Of Aviation Museum In Long Island, 3 Apollo Astronauts Endorse Artemis Plan For Returning Humans To Moon; Rusty Schweickart Of Apollo 9 Supports Real And Resurgent Moon Program; Charlie Duke (R) Of Apollo 16 Is “All For It” And Excited For Artemis; Harrison Schmitt (L) Of Apollo 17 Expressed Concerns About Funding, Says That Engineering Lunar Hardware Is Full Of Surprises, Wants An “Apollo Management” Environment, Says Young People Are Essential, And Wishes NASA Good Luck

Credits: NASA, Cradle of Aviation Museum

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 21-24 June 2019

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NASA Center Women Directors For The Artemis Generation

Washington DC Street Near NASA HQ Named ‘Hidden Figures Way’ In Honor Of NASA Women;  Janet Kavendi (top) Is Director Of Glenn Research Center; Jody Singer (R) Director Of Marshall Space Flight Center, Says ‘We Get Closer To The Moon Again, We Go Back, We Set Up Civilization, We Make A Sustainable Presence’ While Ellen Ochoa Is Former Director Of Johnson Space Center; Three Of Four NASA Science Divisions Are Headed By Women; Administrator Jim Bridenstine Tells CNN That Sending Women To The Moon Will Be Transformational

Credits: NASA

Friday / 21 June 2019

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JFK Space Summit Looks To Future Lunar Missions And Why “We Choose To Go To The Moon”

Summit At John F. Kennedy Library In Boston MA Features Caroline Kennedy, Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins, Astronauts Ellen Ochoa, Chris Cassidy, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Koichi Wakata, Paolo Nespoli, Oleg Kotov, And Jeff Bezos Of Blue Origin; USA Celebrating Apollo@50 Hopes To Land 1st Women At Moon South Pole 2024; Lunar Base Will Advance Science, Secure Resources & Support Long-Term Survival Of Species; Bezos States ‘We Need To Go To Space, It’s Not Optional’, Has Vision Of Trillions Living & Working In Space And Moving Heavy Industry Off Earth

Credits: J.F.K. Library, NASA

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 14-17 June 2019

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Next Decade Of Space Weather Favorable For Exploration Of Moon And Beyond

Study Conducted By Irina Kitiashvili Of NASA Ames Research Center Indicates Upcoming 11 Year Solar Cycle Least Active In 2 Centuries, Solar Sunspots At 2025 Maximum Estimated 30-50% Less Frequent Than 2013 Solar Maximum, Reducing Risk Of Deleterious Solar Storm Radiation For Artemis Mission Instrumentation And Astronauts, Including First Women On The Moon

Credits: NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, ESA