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Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-27-2022 08:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by 328KF:
...as if this is a requirement?
Because until this past week, NASA was never clear about the issue, so most in the press (myself included) assumed there was a requirement.

On Friday (Aug. 19), during an Artemis briefing, Marcia Dunn with the Associated Press asked, "I know you mentioned the first woman is going to be on this crew, but we also keep hearing about the first person of color. Is that a requirement for the first landing crew? Is it a desire? Or it is TBD?"

Mark Kirasich, NASA's deputy associate administrator for the Artemis Campaign Development Division, replied:

So we know on the first mission, we're going to land a woman, and whether or not that woman will be a person of color or either of the two crew members will be a person of color, that's not a mandatory requirement for the first mission. It could happen. It could be one of the subsequent missions.

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posted 08-27-2022 08:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am getting a bit confused. With Artemis III using SpaceX's Human Landing System, will all four crew members land on the Moon, or will it be a lesser number.

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posted 08-27-2022 09:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
On all currently planned Artemis missions, two crew members will stay in orbit aboard Orion or, once deployed, Gateway, and two will descend to the surface. Eventually, once there is some type of architecture on the lunar surface (more than a lunar terrain vehicle), it's possible all four astronauts will land.

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posted 01-30-2023 01:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Is a crew position on the Artemis III mission "reserved" for a Canadian or ESA astronaut?

Just curious.

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posted 01-30-2023 01:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As of now, the Artemis III crew is expected to be all U.S. astronauts.

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posted 01-31-2023 02:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Spaceflyer   Click Here to Email Spaceflyer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
ESA astronauts will fly on Artemis IV, V and VI.

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posted 04-03-2023 12:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Delta7   Click Here to Email Delta7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
With the Artemis II now known, I suspect this means Randolph Bresnik will command Artemis III and land on the moon with... Anne McClain with her helicopter experience?

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posted 04-03-2023 12:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Helicopter experience will not be needed. It will be automated like the Dragon spacecraft.

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posted 04-03-2023 12:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Delta7   Click Here to Email Delta7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Numerous NASA astronauts have been undergoing helicopter training specifically for that purpose. I've seen social media posts directly from astronauts including Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jessica Meir, and just a couple of days ago Raja Chari and Stan Love, about helicopter training in preparation for Artemis.

I realize they won't be landing hands-on but apparently NASA considers that skill beneficial to a lunar landing assignment. It would follow that at least for the first landing they would have at least one crewmember with extensive helicopter experience. McClain fits the bill. Again, speculation...

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posted 04-04-2023 01:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for YankeeClipper61     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Speaking of landing...

How's the development of the new lander coming?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-07-2023 04:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
See the updates under the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy discussion thread. SpaceX is focusing on first getting its launch architecture flying before developing HLS-specific hardware.

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posted 08-09-2023 11:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceAholic   Click Here to Email SpaceAholic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Shocker (not): NASA's Artemis III mission might not involve a crewed landing.
Jim Free, the space agency's associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, told reporters in a briefing that certain key elements would have to be in place — notably the landing system that is being developed by SpaceX.

Should that not be ready on time, "We may end up flying a different mission," he said.

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posted 01-09-2024 12:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NASA today confirmed that the first crewed landing will take place on Artemis III, but has re-targeted the mission to September 2026.

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posted 01-10-2024 02:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceAholic   Click Here to Email SpaceAholic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Blue Origin has an opportunity to up its game; set the conditions for a subsequent decision to modify the flight test regime so that it preempts Starship as that HLS development continues to further slip right beyond 2026.

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posted 03-11-2024 04:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by YankeeClipper61:
Speaking of landing...
According to today's FY 2025 NASA budget request, both the uncrewed demonstration of SpaceX's Starship HLS and the Artemis II crewed lunar landing at now both targeted for 2026.


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