https://spacewatch.global/tag/victor-glover/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/victor-glover/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/liftoff-nasa-launches-astronauts-to-the-moon-on-historic-artemis-ii-lunar-flyby-mission/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72572 NASA has launched Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the Moon in over fifty years. Four astronauts are on their way aboard Orion for a lunar flyby.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/artemis-ii-set-for-april-1-launch-attempt-as-nasa-completes-the-missions-flight-readiness-review/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71975 NASA is targeting Thursday, March 19, to roll the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft back to launch pad 39B in advance of a launch attempt on Wednesday, April 1. This comes after the Agency completed its Artemis II Flight Readiness Review on Yesterday, March 12, and polled “go” to proceed toward launch. Last Month, NASA decided against launching the Artemis II mission during the March launch window subsequently rolling back the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/nasa-begins-fueling-test-for-sls-rocket-as-it-conducts-wet-dress-rehearsal-for-artemis-ii-mission/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71359 NASA has begun the countdown for the Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Mission at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, as the Agency conducts the fueling test for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The test will run the launch team through a full range of operations, including loading cryogenic liquid propellant into the SLS rocket’s tanks, conducting a launch countdown, demonstrating the ability to recycle the countdown clock, and draining the tanks to practice scrub procedures. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/artemis-ii-astronauts-conduct-launch-day-demonstration/ Mon, 25 Sep 2023 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51304 The Artemis II crew and teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program have successfully completed the first in a series of integrated ground system tests at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for their mission around the Moon. To prepare for their trip to space, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, practiced the procedures they would undergo on launch day.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/nasa-and-csa-name-astronauts-to-next-artemis-mission/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47802 NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence on the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/spacewatchgl-opinion-crew-1-giant-leap-towards-space-for-all/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28298&preview=true&preview_id=28298 The inaugural operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 15th, rocketing humanity into a new age of space. The launch of Crew-1 may well mark the genesis of truly affordable access to space. Certainly, the United States government’s utilization of commercial partners will certainly have lasting – and positive – effects on the space industry.]]>