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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description A container of “lucky peanuts” sits above workstations within the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shortly before the launch of the Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026. Eating peanuts before launches and other major mission events is a longstanding tradition at JPL. TheContinue reading “JPL’s ‘Lucky Peanuts’ Before Artemis II Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description A graphical representation of the Deep Space Network’s radio frequency antennas indicate signal acquisition from NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026, inside the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Two antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex,Continue reading “The Deep Space Network Acquires Artemis II Signal”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description Blanca Renteria, Artemis Deep Space Network (DSN) operations chief, monitors data at the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California shortly after Artemis II launched from the agency’s Kennedy Space Flight Center in Florida on April 1, 2026, at 6:35 p.m. EDT. The SpaceContinue reading “Watching Over the Deep Space Network Before Artemis II Signal Acquisition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch the launch of the agency’s Artemis II mission to the Moon on April 1, 2026, at the Space Flight Operations Facility, which operates the Deep Space Network (DSN). Soon after launch, the Artemis II crew communicated with the NearContinue reading “Watching the Artemis II Launch From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description The Artemis II mission patch appears in the center screen of the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on April 1, 2026, shortly before the mission launched to the Moon. A graphical representation of the antennas of the agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN),Continue reading “Supporting Artemis II From JPL’s Space Flight Operations Facility”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An early autumn storm left higher elevations in southern Argentina with a fresh and fleeting coat of white.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission operations in lunar orbit as part of the agency’s Artemis II mission, helping ensure astronaut safety and mission success as the crew prepares to return to Earth Friday, April 10. The LUCA (LunarContinue reading “Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. During lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts observed a solar eclipse that only they could see due to their uniqueContinue reading “Solar Eclipse of the Heart”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A massive, old caldera and more recently formed craters shape the landscape in the eastern Sierra Nevada.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Leo is a prominent sight for stargazers in April. Its famous sickle, punctuated by the bright star Regulus, draws many a beginning stargazer’s eyes, inviting deeper looks into some of Leo’s celestial delights, including a great double star and a famous galactic trio. Leo’s distinctive forward sickle, or “reverse questionContinue reading “Celestial Wonders in Leo”