NASA Turns To Mountain Flight School For Artemis Lunar Landing Training

two people in helicopter cockpit over mountains

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson (left) and U.S. Army National Guard helicopter pilot Ethan Jacobs trained in the rugged Colorado mountains for Artemis lunar landings.

Credit: Michael DeMocker/NASA
NASA has not yet determined which company to trust—Blue Origin or SpaceX—to land its first crew on the Moon since 1972. Either way, the astronauts attempting the descent will be best served by nerves of steel. There is training available to manage fear—at least for the kind triggered by trying to...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

Guy Norris

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