The Artemis Program - NASA manned mission to the Moon and Mars

[Ihavewaffles]

This is a step along the way. Proving that the Dragon spaceship can get astronauts into outer space is a step towards the moon landing. This isn't necroing an old thread. The Artemis Program is an ongoing program that will have MAJOR events that happen once every several months. This thread is designed to cover these events as they unfold into the 2030s.

No, it ain't, going to ISS is a regular job for Russia, but I would never make a claim that that Soyuz is "a step" towards the moon, you need very different rockets to go to moon n mars vs going to ISS. It's a whole different ball game..

I don't make a post every time Russia sends up a rocket, that would be a lot of posts, if you want to make a US Space general thread, go right ahead, but you made a moon/mars thread specifically, and you go n necro with a different subject..Dragon won't get u to Mars..if u can get a mod to change title for you, good, but don't update for 10 years with nonsense that got nothing to do with title..

Myself, I wouldn't mind a Space Megathread...what is more interesting to me personally is that for the last few years we have spotted some very big nasty rocks flying too close to earth for my liking..

[Nerraw]

T-54:30

[ranzino]

the livestream

[Acidbaron]

What i find interesting is the plan to make those trips over time sustainable, as in planning to keep people on the moon and on mars.

[ranzino]

What i find interesting is the plan to make those trips over time sustainable, as in planning to keep people on the moon and on mars.

what is the window for a possible next mars mission ? distance is changing over time and the difference is huge between min/max distance

[Acidbaron]

what is the window for a possible next mars mission ? distance is changing over time and the difference is huge between min/max distance

In all honestly i wouldn't know, not that well read on this subject just keeping tabs on it from a distance

Read that the moon is the first goal to do that on and keep people there, who knows what plans they might have maybe make a refuelling station there of sorts?

[Mihalik]

Why would anyone name anything after that bitch???

I always preferred the Greek Gods over "The God", the Greek Gods make sense, a twisted and very human sense, their powers, their domains, their motivations. Unlike "The God who shall not be named" whose "mysterious" ways are self contradictory, illogical and are often nonsensical.

[Nerraw]

what is the window for a possible next mars mission ? distance is changing over time and the difference is huge between min/max distance

July of this year. There's already a Mars rover scheduled to launch at the end of that month. It has a mini helicopter drone onboard to see if it's viable to make a full-size one!

Mars launch windows last around two weeks every 26 months. So the next one will be September 2022. Trip takes about 7 months, though SpaceX are hoping to cut down on that in the future when they can refuel Starship in orbit.

[ranzino]

naaaaah no launch today
weather is bad


and ok, Mars rover first. mini drone sounds cool

[AeneasBK]

See you Saturday...

[PACOX]

Thunder was so loud this morning I thought someone was banging on my window and hasn't stopped since. Not surprised it ended up being scrubbed, they were already looking at a tight launch window.

Hopefully there will be a break in the clouds Saturday.

WTF happened to Boeing and their program...

[Nerraw]

WTF happened to Boeing and their program...

Their test flight was spectacular. You don't want a test flight to be spectacular.

[Masark]

WTF happened to Boeing and their program...

Things didn't go right on their first unmanned orbital test and they weren't able to dock at the ISS. They're going to try again in October.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing...al_Flight_Test

[Kokolums]

No, it ain't, going to ISS is a regular job for Russia..

This is about the Dragon spacecraft and proving it works and is safe. This launch is part of the Artemis Program. Yes, it is going to the ISS, but proving Dragon is functional is an Artemis goal at this stage.

The Artemis Program is scheduled to run into the 2030s. We can go 6 to 9 months without anything major happening. This thread isn't being necroed - its just major updates take a long time. Think of it like a thread for a TV show. You have 2-3 months with a season, and then 9-10 months with nothing going on. We're not launching people to the moon everyday.

While I'm here, you might find this fascinating. The Astronauts for the 22nd Astronaut group were selected in January. Some of these people will probably land on the moon and maybe even Mars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

On 10 January 2020, NASA's 22nd astronaut group, nicknamed the "Turtles", graduated and were assigned to the Artemis program. The group includes two Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronauts. The group earned their nickname from the prior astronaut group, "The 8-Balls," as is a tradition dating back to "The Mercury Seven" in 1962 which subsequently provided the "Next Nine" with their nickname. They were given this name, for the most part, because of Hurricane Harvey. Some of the astronauts will fly on the Artemis missions to the Moon and maybe part of the first crew to fly to Mars.[102]

Kayla Barron (born 1987): Lt., U.S. Navy
Zena Cardman (born 1987): Biologist
Raja Chari (born 1977): Col., U.S. Air Force
Matthew Dominick (born 1981): Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Navy
Bob Hines (born 1975): NASA research pilot
Warren Hoburg (born 1985): assistant professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Jonny Kim (born 1984): Lt., U.S. Navy physician, former U.S. Navy SEAL
Robb Kulin (born 1983): Launch Chief Engineer, SpaceX – Resigned in August 2018 before completing his training.[103]
Jasmin Moghbeli (born 1983): Maj., U.S. Marine Corps
Loral O'Hara (born 1983): research engineer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Francisco Rubio (born 1975): Maj., U.S. Army
Jessica Watkins (born 1988): Geologist, postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology
Joshua Kutryk (born 1982): LCol, Canadian Armed Forces, test pilot, fighter pilot, engineer
Jenni Sidey (born 1988): Mechanical engineer, combustion scientist, and lecturer[104]

[Kokolums]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/s...190808958.html

SpaceX's Starship SN4 launch vehicle prototype explodes on the pad in Texas. This is unrelated to the launch of the Dragon spacecraft in Florida, as the SN4 and Dragon are two are different parts of the Artemis Program.

[Nerraw]

So, important to note is that this is not in any way related to the Demo-2 mission hopefully being launched this weekend.

With that out of the way, that was a spectacular end to SN4, and sadly the test stand as well. SN5 is all but ready for testing, so the loss of the test stand is probably the worst setback. However, this is why they test often and test hard. Better to have the fireworks now than in a few years when people are sitting in it.

[ranzino]

livestream of today, if something happens at all.

[Nerraw]

34 minutes to go. Fueling has started. Weather looking good right now but it's still going to come down to the launch time.

[PACOX]

34 minutes to go. Fueling has started. Weather looking good right now but it's still going to come down to the launch time.

I can hear thunder and there's a cloud off the coast. Hopefully there is a break in them.

[Acidbaron]

Everything is on track and we’re rapidly approaching launch time. Over a million viewers for the NASA stream alone.

at around the 15 minute mark they announced they had over 3 million viewers in total.