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NASA's Artemis 3 astronaut moon landing unlikely before 2027, GAO report finds

Artemis 3 astronaut moon landing unlikely before 2027 | Space Quiz! What rocket will launch Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander? | Cosmonauts dock Progress cargo ship after autopilot glitch

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December 4, 2023

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The Launchpad

Artemis 3 astronaut moon landing unlikely before 2027

(NASA)

NASA's endeavor to return humans to the moon for the first time since the Apollo program with the Artemis 3 mission will likely be delayed because it is jeopardized by "multiple challenges" and an ambitious schedule, the U.S. Government Accountability Office announced Thursday (Nov. 30).

Full Story: Space (12/1)

Space Quiz! What rocket will launch Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander?

Learn the answer here!

Cosmonauts dock Progress cargo ship after autopilot glitch

(NASA TV)

The unpiloted cargo ship, called Progress 86, docked to the station's Russian-built Poisk module under remote control by Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, who tracked its approach from inside the ISS.

Full Story: Space (12/3)

Skywatching

How to see the brightest planets in December's night sky

(Tony Rowell/Getty Images)

During December, Jupiter dominates the evening sky, while Venus continues to serve as a beacon in the predawn morning sky. While dimmer than Jupiter, Saturn too is conspicuous in the southern sky at nightfall.

Full Story: Space (6/1)

Spaceflight

The Peregrine Lunar Lander set to launch on Dec 24

(Astrobotic)

This mission will be one for the history books for several reasons, one of which is the fact it'll be the first to launch under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, created as a way for the agency to bring payloads to the moon without having to construct all the spacecraft necessary to bring those payloads there.

Full Story: Space (12/2)

Science & Astronomy

Space mysteries: Why are there no gas moons?

(NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI))

In our solar system we have rocky moons (e.g. Earth's moon), ocean moons (e.g. Europa and Enceladus) and frozen-ice moons (e.g. Triton) but there are no gas moons. Are we just unlucky not to have any gas moons, or are there physical reasons why they cannot exist?

Full Story: Space (12/4)

SpaceX

Axiom's 3rd mission will conduct microgravity experiments

(NASA)

Set to launch in January 2024, the mission will encourage research into physics, human health and outer space medicine in a microgravity environment.

Full Story: Space (12/3)

Entertainment

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 4 review

(Apple TV+)

As "For All Mankind" has moved through the decades, it's evolved from an alternative universe version of the Apollo era to bona fide science fiction territory.

Full Story: Space (12/1)

Star Wars

'Star Wars' has changed the English language

(LucasFilm)

Its indomitable influence over pop culture has been well documented and shown to occupy every corner our modern digital age, especially the flexible English language.

Full Story: Space (12/2)