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Artemis II Sets Distance Record and Names Craters During Science Survey
Astronauts aboard Artemis II became the first humans to fly more than 250,000 miles from Earth just before noon on Monday as their Orion crew capsule passed the Moon on a figure-8 flight back to Earth, where they are expected to splash down off the California coast on Friday. Artemis II surpassed Apollo 13’s record…
How the Artemis II Mission Lifted 6 Million Pounds Into Space
When a launch vehicle the size of Artemis II takes off, the roar shakes everything around it for miles. The brightness of the flames burns like the sun. This fusion of spectacle and science is sending humans toward the Moon for the first time in more than half a century. In just a few days,…
Artemis II Successfully Launches 4 Astronauts Toward the Moon
For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are leaving Earth’s orbit. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) took off from Kennedy Space Center at 6:35:12 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time on a mission that will set the stage for U.S. lunar habitation by 2028. As the 322-foot-tall launch vehicle thundered into the sky,…
Space Foundation Statement on Artemis II Launch
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 1, 2026 — Heather Pringle, CEO of Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, issued the following statement today on the successful launch of Artemis II: “Today, people around the world share this generation’s Moon moment and celebrate the Artemis II crew and the extraordinary team supporting…
Veteran Lockheed Martin Engineer Driving Artemis Beyond Apollo’s Success
Blaine Brown has worked 40 years for Lockheed Martin and spent half his career on the Orion spacecraft. He remains as enthusiastic about human spaceflight as he was in the 1980s. “The pay is good, but there are a lot of easier jobs you could have and make money,” said Brown, who joined the Orion project at its earliest stage in 2005. “The inspiration…
Space Foundation Announces Recipient of Admiral James O. Ellis Jr. New Generation National Security Scholarship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 25, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced thatSpecialist 4 Logan E. Pinder, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the recipient of the Admiral James O. Ellis Jr. New Generation National Security Scholarship. The scholarship was established to encourage the…
Artemis Booster Expert Keeps NASA’s Solid Rocket Boosters Flight-Ready
For 37 years, Steve Nielson has been the man in the middle, joining sections of Northrop Grumman solid rocket boosters, first for the space shuttle and now for Artemis. He’s one of the last people left on the planet with an encyclopedic understanding of the seals, which hold back millions of pounds of thrust per booster. “There are only…
‘Throttle Up’ Takes on New Meaning for L3Harris Engineer Supporting NASA’s Artemis Missions
From the Garage to the Moon A couple of decades ago, Mark Aldaba was working on machines that only left the surface of Earth when something went horribly wrong. Those custom motorcycles and hot rods couldn’t hold a candle to the kind of horsepower he deals with now. One benefit from his youth spent on wheels, he said: “It gave me the start…
Space Foundation and Charles County Public Schools Host Space in the Community event in Waldorf, Maryland
Free STEM-Focused Family Event at James E. Richmond Science Center COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. and WALDORF, Maryland — March 17, 2026 — Space Foundation and Charles County Public Schools are partnering once again for Space in the Community (SITC), bringing a week of space exploration and STEM fun to Charles County Public Schools in Waldorf, Maryland,…
Space Foundation Inducts Microgravity Treadmill and Neurala Brain Into 2026 Space Technology Hall of Fame
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — March 10, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced that two leading-edge technologies developed for space will be inducted into the 2026 Space Technology Hall of Fame®. The induction ceremony will take place during the annual Space Symposium, April 13-16, 2026,…