Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS).Kepler searching for Earth-sized exoplanets in the habitable zone.Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE).Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).Van Allen Probes – Twin probes studying the Van Allen radiation belt.Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE).High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3 (HEAO 3).Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2) first fully imaging X-ray telescope.

High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 (HEAO 1).High Energy Astronomy Observatory program James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – ESA partnership –launched in 2021.Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, SIRTF).Hubble Space Telescope – ESA partnership.Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) – National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).Main category: NASA satellites orbiting Earth SHIELDS - launched April 19, 2021, collected data from the heliopause.Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) – five consecutive launches, 80 seconds apart on March 27, 2012, studied the high-altitude jet stream.The flight is planned to touch down on the lunar south pole region, with two astronauts staying there for about one week. Īrtemis 3 is planned to launch in 2024 aboard a SLS Block 1 rocket and will use the minimalist Gateway and expendable lander to achieve the first crewed lunar landing of the program. Īfter Artemis 2, the Power and Propulsion Element of the Lunar Gateway and three components of an expendable lunar lander are planned to be delivered on multiple launches from commercial launch service providers.

Artemis 2, the first crewed mission of the program, will launch four astronauts in 2023 on a free-return flyby of the Moon at a distance of 8,900 kilometers (5,500 mi). During the mission, an uncrewed Orion capsule will spend 10 days in a distant retrograde 60,000 kilometers (37,000 mi) orbit around the Moon before returning to Earth. Orion will be powered by NASA's new heavy lift vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS), which is currently under development.Īrtemis 1 is planned to be the first flight of the SLS and will be launched as a test of the completed Orion and SLS system. NASA plans to use the Orion crew vehicle to send humans to deep space locations such as the Moon and Mars starting in the 2020s. After a near perfect flight traveling 3,600 miles (5,800 km) above Earth, the spacecraft was recovered for study. NASA brought the Orion spacecraft back to life from the defunct Constellation Program and successfully test launched the first capsule on Decemaboard EFT-1. Constellation was officially cancelled by the NASA Budget Authorization Act on Octo. In February 2010, Obama announced his proposal to cancel the Constellation Program as part of the 2011 Economic Projects. It presented its results on October 22, 2009. The panel worked closely with NASA and sought input from the United States Congress, the White House, the public, industry, and international partners as it developed its options. The ' Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans' was to examine ongoing and planned National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA) development activities, as well as potential alternatives and present options for advancing a safe, innovative, affordable, and sustainable human space flight program in the years following Space Shuttle retirement. The review was conducted by a panel of experts led by Norman Augustine, the former CEO of Lockheed Martin, who served on the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology under both Democrat and Republican presidents. human space flight activities with the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space. On May 7, the Obama Administration announced the launch of an independent review of planned U.S. Joint with Roscosmos, CSA, ESA, and JAXA Americans flew on Russian Soyuz after 2011 retirement of Space ShuttleĬurrent program to shuttle Americans to the ISSĬurrent program to bring humans to the Moon againįurther information: Constellation program Program used to practice space rendezvous and EVAsįirst missions in which a spacecraft was reused Thus far, 163 missions were conducted without fatalities. Three have ended in failure, causing the deaths of seventeen crewmembers in total: Apollo 1 (which never launched) killed three crew members in 1967, STS-51-L ( the Challenger disaster) killed seven in 1986, and STS-107 ( the Columbia disaster) killed seven more in 2003. NASA has successfully launched 166 crewed flights. Astronaut Peter Wisoff on a robotic arm, 1993

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