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IM-2 is an upcoming lunar mission that will be carried in late February 2025 by Intuitive Machines for NASA's CLPS program, using a Nova-C lunar lander. [3] [4] The company named this lander Athena. [5] The mission aims to uncover the presence and amount of lunar water ice using PRIME-1, which consists of a drill and mass spectrometer.
The Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) is an unpressurized rover being developed for NASA that astronauts can drive on the Moon while wearing their spacesuits. [1] The development of the LTV is a part of NASA's Artemis program, which involves returning astronauts to the Moon, specifically the lunar south pole, by 2026, but the LTV will not fly until Artemis V in 2030 at the earliest. [2]
The Lunar Cruiser is being developed as a part of NASA's Artemis program and will enable astronaut crews to take trips across the Moon lasting up to 30-45 days, live independently from the station by using its life support system as a backup. [2]
The need for NextGen became apparent during the summer of 2000 when air travel was impeded by severe congestion and costly delays. Two years later, the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommended that a multiagency task force develop an integrated plan to transform the U.S. air transportation system.
NASA started the competition process in 2019 with the Starship HLS selected as the winner in 2021. The original timeline called for an uncrewed test flight before a crewed flight in 2024 as part of the Artemis III mission, but the crewed flight has been delayed to at least 2025. [1] [2] [3] [needs update]
Hakuto-R Mission 2 is a robotic lunar landing mission launched on 15 January 2025 at 06:11:39 UTC (1:11:39 am EST, local time at the launch site). Developed by ispace , the lander will deliver a new micro rover manufactured by the company, as well as other payloads.
The Z-2 prototype suit was expected to be delivered to NASA by November 2014 with a technology readiness level of 7 [11] [12] [13] but was delayed until spring 2015. [14] Final delivery and testing in a human-rated vacuum chamber and the Neutral Buoyancy Lab is expected in 2018-2019. [ 14 ]
SpaceX had previously been contracted by NASA to operate ISS resupply flights with their Dragon spacecraft, as part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The program's third round, Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap), [ 28 ] aimed to financially support the development of winning proposals over 21 months through to ...