NASA rolls Artemis 2 mobile launch tower to pad for tests

NASA rolls Artemis 2 mobile launch tower to pad for tests | Neptune's clouds have vanished - the sun may be to blame | Space quiz! How tall is NASA's Mobile Launch Platform? Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version August 18, 2023 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad NASA rolls Artemis 2 mobile launch tower to pad for tests (NASA/Chad Siwik) The tower connects to NASA's Space Launch System megarocket (SLS), which is set to launch a crew of four astronauts around the moon on its next mission. Full Story: Space (8/18)  Neptune's clouds have vanished - the sun may be to blame (NASA) It would appear that the azure world's clouds have all but disappeared. Full Story: Space (8/17)  Space quiz! How tall is NASA's Mobile Launch Platform? Learn the answer here! 350 feet (106 meters) 420 feet (128 meters) 240 feet (73 meters) 380 feet (115 meters) How will AI impact your industry now – and in the future? AI Impact is a new, virtual event that separates hype from reality; delivering insights into how industries and business functions will be enhanced and tested in the age of AI. Join globally renowned experts, including Zack Kass (OpenAI), for two days of invaluable discussion. Register Now ADVERTISEMENT Skywatching Perseid meteor shown brilliantly in this reader photo gallery (Nick Boris) This year's Perseid meteor shower has amazed star gazers around the globe, and Space.com readers have grabbed their cameras to capture the cosmic phenomenon in all its magnificence. Full Story: Space (8/17)  Spaceflight Russia's Luna-25 lander snaps 1st photo of moon's surface (Roscosmos via Telegram) The Luna-25 lander has snapped its first detailed photo of the moon's surface, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Aug. 17, in a Telegram post. Full Story: Space (8/17)  Science & Astronomy Seeds from heavy black holes found in the early universe (NASA) These so-called seeds could help explain how some supermassive black holes with masses equivalent to millions, or even billions, times that of the sun could have grown quickly enough to exist less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang. Full Story: Space (8/18)  SpaceX Hurricane Hilary delays Starlink launch to next week (SpaceX) The mission was originally supposed to occur on Thursday (Aug. 17), when it would have been the second leg of a Starlink doubleheader. Full Story: Space (8/17)  Entertainment 'The Space Between' is an interstellar cosmos cruise (Boom! Studios) It's an absorbing, generation-spanning epic concerning the lives of valiant human voyagers inside an interstellar colony ship zooming toward a suitable exoplanet. Full Story: Space (8/17)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036