Quote from: deltaV on 07/04/2024 01:45 amFrom an Artemis II updates thread:Quote from: StraumliBlight on 07/03/2024 03:21 pmNASA Announces its Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon MissionQuoteNASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign.Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.I'm surprised that one astronaut is serving as backup for three astronauts. Don't the three prime astronauts have different jobs to do and get different training? How can the backup be trained properly for three jobs?Since there is no landing and no visit to the Gateway Station, there is probably not that heavy of a workload expected on this flight.
From an Artemis II updates thread:Quote from: StraumliBlight on 07/03/2024 03:21 pmNASA Announces its Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon MissionQuoteNASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign.Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.I'm surprised that one astronaut is serving as backup for three astronauts. Don't the three prime astronauts have different jobs to do and get different training? How can the backup be trained properly for three jobs?
NASA Announces its Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon MissionQuoteNASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign.Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign.Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Does anyone have a sense of the timeline for a decision on the A2 Orion heat shield?
Sep 18, 2024NASA has a big decision ahead about what to do with the Orion heatshield on its Artemis II spacecraft. While we're waiting for that decision to be made and then to be announced, there are a couple of alternatives to the longstanding week and a half crewed test flight to circumnavigate the Moon a year from now in September 2025.If NASA decides not to fly Artemis II as currently planned, this video goes over those two alternatives, which would keep the four astronaut crew from launching with the current heatshield.Imagery is courtesy of NASA, except where noted.00:00 Intro01:59 Background on the history of the heatshield issue from Artemis I03:31 One alternative: delay Artemis II, wait for a new, modified heatshield replacement05:28 Another alternative: fly the current hardware on an uncrewed mission07:14 What mission profile would NASA fly on another uncrewed mission?08:08 Implications of another uncrewed mission and risks of the different alternatives/options10:14 A look at the big picture for Artemis II ahead of a decision12:58 Thanks for watching!
First photo Ive seen of the #ArtemisII crew with backups included. @astro_reid @AstroVicGlover @Astro_Christina @Astro_Jeremy backups @Astro_AndreD @Astro_Jenni
Waiting for Artemis II Orion heatshield decision, Starship sidetracked by regulations power play?
Sep 22, 2024As more of the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis II stands around or lies around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the wait for a decision by NASA leadership on Orion base heatshield options continues. While we're waiting and that continues, we're getting some reminders that the NASA and private industry workforce continues to develop and build hardware for subsequent flights.In this video, I'll go over some test hardware that is helping to certify the rest of the Orion spacecraft to fly its first crew on Artemis II and the status of ground hardware validation testing, which is wrapping up to be ready to stack SLS when there's a decision.There's also some overt politics and a power play between SpaceX and U.S. federal regulators that is escalating; in the video, I continue to wonder if regulatory compliance will another obstacle for Starship lunar lander development for Artemis III.Imagery is courtesy of NASA, except where noted.00:00 Intro01:14 Orion environment test article to finish crew-rating abort certifications04:26 Exploration Ground Systems validation testing expected to wrap up soon07:42 Artemis III Orion crew module adapter ahead of Service Module mate09:42 A look at the big picture, starting with Artemis II13:56 Artemis III big picture15:38 Thanks for watching!
It’s increasingly unlikely that humans will fly around the Moon next yearIt's not just Orion's heat shield; the mission's ground systems are running out of time.ERIC BERGER – 17 OCT 2024 20:24Don't book your tickets for the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission next year just yet.
Is it maybe time for a poll on what will become of Artemis II?
Quote from: Proponent on 10/17/2024 08:29 pmIs it maybe time for a poll on what will become of Artemis II? ...Separately, I'm confused about what we mean by "Artemis II". Does this mean the second flight of the SLS/Orion stack regardless of mission? What if NASA elects to call the second mission "Artemis 1.5" or something so mission with the current plan of record is called "Artemis II" even if it is the third flight?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/artemis-ii-almost-certainly-will-miss-its-september-2025-launch-date/QuoteIt’s increasingly unlikely that humans will fly around the Moon next yearIt's not just Orion's heat shield; the mission's ground systems are running out of time.ERIC BERGER – 17 OCT 2024 20:24Don't book your tickets for the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission next year just yet.
NASA also has yet to provide any additional information on the status of its review of the Orion spacecraft's heat shield. During the Artemis I mission that sent Orion beyond the Moon in late 2022, chunks of charred material cracked and chipped away from Orion's heat shield during reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Once the spacecraft landed, engineers found more than 100 locations where the stresses of reentry damaged the heat shield.As Ars reported in September, the space agency faces a critical decision on whether to fly the heat shield as is, or make modifications.An independent review team has completed an assessment of NASA's work on the heat shield, but NASA has not publicly commented on these results or its decision moving forward. In response to questions from Ars this week about a decision on whether to take corrective action, an agency spokesperson said, "The Artemis I heat shield investigation process is still underway, so NASA has not made any decisions yet."
