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GovSmart Archive - SpaceWatch.GLOBAL https://spacewatch.global/tag/govsmart/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:47:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png GovSmart Archive - SpaceWatch.GLOBAL https://spacewatch.global/tag/govsmart/ 32 32 NASA Selects Volunteers to Track the Orion Spacecraft During its Artemis II Mission Around the Moon https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/nasa-selects-volunteers-to-track-the-orion-spacecraft-during-its-artemis-ii-mission-around-the-moon/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70879 NASA Selects Volunteers to Track the Orion Spacecraft During its Artemis II Mission Around the Moon

NASA Selects Volunteers to Track the Orion Spacecraft During its Artemis II Mission Around the Moon

NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II test flight's journey around the Moon. This comes as the Agency shifts the mission's earliest possible launch date from February to March after concluding its wet dress rehearsal. The volunteers comprised established commercial service providers, members of academia, and individual amateur radio enthusiasts who will use their respective equipment to passively track radio waves transmitted by Orion during its approximately 10-day journey.]]>