A few minutes before 2PM ET on Monday, the crew of Artemis II broke a record set 56 years ago by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission – at over 248,655 miles, they have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans before them. They marked the occasion with a crater naming ceremony that left the […]
Humans haven’t set foot on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Now, the space agency is racing to get back to the lunar surface under the umbrella of its Artemis program — a nod to the Greek goddess and twin sister of Apollo, whose name was given to NASA’s first program to […]
On April 15th, 1970, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert set a distance record when Apollo 13 traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. Nearly 56 years later, the crew of Artemis II is expected to break that record by several thousand miles when the Orion spacecraft reaches a maximum distance of 252,757 miles away from […]
The NASA Artemis Watch 2.0 is a quirky new smartwatch with a see-through body, basic fitness tracking, and open-source firmware for people who like their gadgets a little unusual.
NASA’s Artemis II mission shows the iPhone 17 Pro Max capturing real images from space, signaling a shift as consumer devices begin to complement traditional cameras in extreme environments beyond Earth.
NASA explains why astronauts use older tech in space missions, prioritizing reliability, testing, and cost over cutting-edge hardware.
On Thursday, during Artemis II’s journey to the Moon, commander Reid Wiseman ran into a tech issue some of us back on Earth can relate to: Microsoft Outlook wasn’t working. In a conversation captured in NASA’s Artemis livestream and shared on Bluesky, Wiseman reported to Mission Control: “I also see that I have two Microsoft […]
Astronauts on Artemis II ran into a familiar Outlook failure mid-flight, forcing mission control to step in and troubleshoot. The glitch shows how even deep space missions still depend on everyday software.
NASA’s Artemis II crew got off to a great start on Wednesday when their Orion spacecraft reached Earth orbit following a spectacular launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After a day checking the spacecraft’s systems, NASA astronauts Reid Wi…
Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin.