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As part of the plan for a lunar base, NASA has announced contracts totaling $590 million to three American companies: Astrobotic, Firefly, and Intuitive Machines, for four missions to transport scientific instruments and other cargo to the Moon.

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will be the pilot of Artemis III, NASA’s mission scheduled for 2027 to test Blue Origin and SpaceX lunar landers in Earth orbit. Regarding the timing of the American space agency, “the competition with China weighs 100%” according to the Italian astronaut.

Prada and Axiom Space have unveiled the garment designed to be worn by astronauts inside the next-generation spacesuit. In 2023, the American private aerospace company had selected the Italian fashion house to develop the spacesuits for the anticipated moon landing of NASA’s Artemis 4 mission scheduled for 2028.

The explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and the investigations into Starship are putting pressure on NASA’s Artemis lunar program. What risks does the American race to the Moon face as China accelerates its own plans?

NASA’s experimental “quiet” supersonic airplane is about to begin a new series of test flights that will include its first supersonic flight and other crucial mission objectives. With the X-59, NASA aims to reduce the impact of sonic booms, paving the way for the possible lifting of restrictions on supersonic flights over land. All the details.

Conversation with Vittorio Baraldi, aerospace engineer and popular online science communicator known as “Astrovictor,” who closely followed the preparations for the Artemis II mission launch. In the episode, we discuss the mission’s success, the new race between the USA and China, and ambitions toward Mars.

According to a recent report from NASA’s Office of the Inspector General, the 2028 date for the Artemis program astronauts’ moon landing is threatened by delays in the development of the spacesuits being worked on by Axiom Space.

There is a new race between the United States and China to return humans to the lunar surface. Facts and insights.

The Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after orbiting the Moon, on a journey that took them 400,000 km from home, farther than any human has ever traveled before, breaking the distance record set by Apollo 13.

Email hassles for Artemis II astronauts: mission commander Reid Wiseman reported issues with Microsoft Outlook during the journey to the Moon.

Liftoff for Artemis II: NASA has sent four astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The mission will serve as a crucial stepping stone for a crewed lunar landing, currently planned for 2028.

There is a significant Italian contribution, developed with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the national industrial sector in Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program and a crucial step towards the return of humans to the lunar surface.

NASA is preparing to launch the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to the Moon in over 50 years. Four astronauts will embark on a journey of about ten days around our satellite, marking a crucial milestone in the American program aimed at the human return to the lunar surface.

As the countdown for Artemis II begins, preparations continue for the new phase of lunar exploration. In this context, the collaboration between Italy and NASA is being strengthened with an agreement signed in Washington by Minister Urso, which includes the development of habitat modules for the future lunar base and the participation of an Italian astronaut in one of the upcoming Artemis missions.

After more than 50 years, humanity is once again looking closely at the Moon with Artemis II. But this time the scenario has changed profoundly: new technologies, new ambitions, and an increasingly central role for the European industry.
In this episode, we talk about the present and future of space exploration with Giampiero Di Paolo, CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italy, a key player in the development of modules and infrastructure essential for space missions.

NASA changes course for the Moon: plans for the development of the Lunar Gateway have been suspended. The American agency is instead ready to invest 20 billion dollars in the construction of a lunar base. Reactions from ESA. All the details.

NASA has changed the plans for the Artemis program: the Artemis III mission will not bring astronauts to the lunar surface. The moon landing is postponed to 2028, with Artemis IV. Behind this decision are technical problems that emerged during the tests of the Artemis II mission, as well as an increasingly important factor: competition with China in the new race to the Moon.

NASA has decided: the launch date for Artemis II, the mission with a crew of four astronauts set to undertake a roughly ten-day journey around the Moon, is scheduled for April 1st.

The NASA Inspector General has released a report examining the management of human landing system development contracts signed with SpaceX and Blue Origin. The document raises concerns about critical elements that could compromise crew safety, including the failure to ensure that SpaceX’s Starship meets manual control requirements.