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Orion stacked atop SLS as Artemis II advances despite U.S. government shutdown

NASA installed the Artemis II Orion crew capsule atop its Space Launch System at Kennedy Space Center as teams continue prelaunch processing during a U.S. federal government shutdown. The stacking advances preparations for the crewed lunar flyby NASA is targeting for February 2026.

2025-10-21T05:00:03.368507-07:00

Ars Technica

Artemis II completes final pre‑launch processing at Kennedy as rollout preparations continue amid US shutdown

2025-10-17T10:06:50.300229-07:00

Spaceflight Now

Orion arrives at KSC VAB ahead of SLS stacking for Artemis II

2025-10-16T21:56:28.502332-07:00

Space.com

NASA to deorbit International Space Station in 2030, accelerating shift to commercial LEO stations

2025-10-13T10:04:59.589163-07:00

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Payload

Bridenstine on DoD’s Cislunar Goals, CLPS, and Returning to the Moon

2025-10-21T10:53:42.674012-07:00

Bridenstine on DoD’s Cislunar Goals, CLP

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Orion stacked atop SLS as Artemis II advances despite U.S. government shutdown NASA installed the Artemis II Orion crew capsule atop its Space Launch System at Kennedy Space Center as teams continue prelaunch processing during a U.S. federal government shutdown. The stacking advances preparations for the crewed lunar flyby NASA is targeting for February 2026.

2025-10-21T05:00:03.368507-07:00

Orion stacked atop SLS as Artemis II advances despite U.S. government shutdown

SpaceWatch Global

Four ESA astronauts complete Bundeswehr helicopter training to rehearse lunar surface operations Four ESA astronauts — Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet — have completed an intensive helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr. The rotary‑wing exercises serve as a practical rehearsal for approach, landing and surface operations in Europe’s preparations for future Moon missions.

2025-10-20T01:33:41.742086-07:00

Four ESA astronauts complete Bundeswehr helicopter training to rehearse lunar surface operations

orbitaltoday.com

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui photographs aurora from the ISS as NASA updates pause amid U.S. shutdown Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui released striking photographs of Earth’s aurora taken from the International Space Station, offering rare high‑latitude night views. The images were shared as NASA updated pauses tied to a U.S. government shutdown, underscoring ongoing ISS crew activity amid agency disruptions.

2025-10-19T06:04:01.894295-07:00

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui photographs aurora from the ISS as NASA updates pause amid U.S. shutdown

Universe Today

Mars crater 'ice archives' map multi-epoch ice ages and reveal buried water resources Researchers studying Martian impact‑crater “ice archives” traced multiple ice‑age epochs over hundreds of millions of years, finding each successive age left less ice than the last. The frozen records map long‑term climate shifts and identify buried ice deposits that could supply drinking water, oxygen and rocket fuel for future missions.

2025-10-18T15:21:33.377126-07:00

Mars crater 'ice archives' map multi-epoch ice ages and reveal buried water resources

Ars Technica

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Artemis II completes final pre‑launch processing at Kennedy as rollout preparations continue amid US shutdown NASA has finished final pre‑launch processing of the Artemis II crewed spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center and is preparing for vehicle rollout to the launch pad, with ground teams continuing work despite a U.S. federal government shutdown affecting other agency operations.

2025-10-17T10:06:50.300229-07:00

Artemis II completes final pre‑launch processing at Kennedy as rollout preparations continue amid US shutdown

The Telegraph

Anna Fisher, the first mother in space: ‘People said I was terrible for leaving my child behind’ Anna Fisher, the first mother to fly in space, launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1984 while her child was 14 months old. In a new first‑person account she recounts public criticism, the personal cost of mission duty and what that early experience reveals about life in the astronaut corps.

2025-10-17T10:04:43.129134-07:00

Anna Fisher, the first mother in space: ‘People said I was terrible for leaving my child behind’

Spaceflight Now

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Orion arrives at KSC VAB ahead of SLS stacking for Artemis II NASA’s Orion spacecraft completed its penultimate terrestrial roadtrip into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center late Thursday, positioning the capsule for stacking atop the Space Launch System. The move precedes final prelaunch processing and integration ahead of the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby.

2025-10-16T21:56:28.502332-07:00

Orion arrives at KSC VAB ahead of SLS stacking for Artemis II

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