Astronauts to begin training in replica of Blue Origin's lunar lander

NASA's Artemis astronauts can now train on a full-scale replica of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Columbus Dispatch

NASA intros full-size Blue Moon lander replica for Artemis training

The mockup will help astronauts simulate missions and provide design feedback for the Artemis program. Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk's SpaceX are both developing lunar landers for ...

First disabled astronaut: Stressful NHS work prepared me for space

John McFall’s children are excited. Not because their father has just been selected for a groundbreaking space mission, but ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT alumni train Artemis II astronauts in photography

The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission that launched April 1 are well equipped to document their journey around the moon because of training from RIT alumni. Katrina Willoughby ’04 and Paul ...
BBC Science Focus on MSN

I went inside the fake Moon base where astronauts prepare for real lunar missions

Our writer was lucky enough to step inside a project that recreates the lunar surface in as much detail as possible ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Robotic suit simulates weightlessness on Earth to improve astronaut motor skills

Researchers from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the University of ...