Ready for Launch: How NASA’s Artemis Program Is Preparing to Take Astronauts to the Moon

We are now ready to make the journey back to our wonderful outer space! Not only this, but we have recently finished a test run of rocket engines in preparation for the journey which will hopefully excite and inspire all our future space adventurers. To keep you informed on what’s next, here is This Week at NASA!

After Examining All Data, NASA Set for a Successful Manned Mission with Artemis II!

NASA has been carefully examining facts and figures since the last successful mission, Artemis I. This mission sent an unmanned spacecraft around the moon and back again. After taking a close look at all the data, it looks like NASA’s space rocket (Space Launch System), spacecraft (Orion) and other equipment on the ground are good to go for a manned mission called Artemis II – this time with astronauts aboard who will travel around the moon and then come back!

NASA Ready for Launch

On March 8th, engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center tried out their new rocket engines in their third test of the year. The engines will help a rocket called NASA’s Space Launch System move forward on its Artemis missions to the Moon.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with NASA Astronauts and the Second Gentleman at Oakland Event!

At an event in Oakland, California celebrating Women’s History Month, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and NASA astronauts Yvonne Cagle and Eugene Tu joined students and their families. It was full of exciting STEM activities and NASA goodies which showed the kids all about the Artemis Program, where the first woman and person of color will take their first steps on the Moon.

NASA Shoots Out Amazing Blue Polarized Light from the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula!

NASA recently took a picture of a special cloud of light called the Vela pulsar wind nebula, and it turned out blue! This is really amazing because this is the first time that scientists have seen X-ray polarization from something like this. The pulsar itself is in the middle of the photo, and measuring its polarization can help us better understand just how fast particles get shot out by these objects. Fun fact – that’s what NASA has been up to this week!