NASA Firms Up Plans for Artemis III Lunar Lander Tests

Space Launch System rocket

NASA is aiming to launch its third Space Launch System rocket in June.

Credit: NASA
Historically, speed and agility are not terms typically used to describe buildups of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, the NASA-owned and -operated heavy-lift transport developed for crewed, deep-space travel. But six months after the Artemis II astronauts splashed down from a...
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.

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Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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