Tag: nasa

Apr 1, 2026 · deep dive

Artemis II

Four astronauts, a patched-together heat shield, and a $50 billion question: whether NASA can still send humans beyond low Earth orbit. Tomorrow, we find out.

Apr 1, 2026 · deep dive

Tracking Artemis II in KeepTrack

SLS cleared the tower at 6:35 PM. Now you can follow Orion's entire cislunar trajectory in 3D - from Earth orbit to the far side of the Moon and back.

Mar 30, 2026 · space brief

Artemis 2 Targets April 1 Lunar Flyby with 4-Person Crew | KeepTrack Space Brief

NASA's Artemis 2 launches April 1 with Commander Reid Wiseman and 3 crew members for first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Mar 29, 2026 · space brief

Artemis 2 Crew Arrives for April 1 Lunar Flyby Launch | KeepTrack Space Brief

Artemis 2 astronauts arrive at KSC for April 1 launch. Four-person crew will fly lunar free-return trajectory, first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Mar 29, 2026 · deep dive

Voyager 1

In November 2023, Earth's most distant spacecraft started speaking gibberish. Five months, one dead memory chip, and 30 billion miles of round-trip troubleshooting later, engineers got it talking again - using code written before most of them were born.

Mar 27, 2026 · deep dive

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Designed for a two-year mission to catch gamma-ray bursts in the act, Swift is now 21 years old, slowly falling out of the sky, and the subject of an unprecedented private rescue mission. Nobody planned for it to be this hard to let go.