# \#artemis

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## [Weekly Space Report: SpaceX IPO!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-spacex-ipo/6371)

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**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [21 August 2026 04:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-spacex-ipo/6371 "2026-08-21T04:32:41Z")

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Highlights: Booster 20 Cryo Testing at Massey’s, now back for engine install Massey’s small test fire stand cleaned up. Ship hot fires expected soon. Booster 21 spotted nearing completion Gigas…

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## [Weekly Space Report: Artemis Massive Redesign!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-artemis-massive-redesign/6289)

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**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\
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**Last updated:** [28 February 2026 15:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-artemis-massive-redesign/6289 "2026-02-28T15:35:27Z")

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Highlights: Prep work on Ship Static Fire stand noted for S39 test campaign New tile pattern on flap trailing edge. Speculation on new frame at Massey’s, perhaps for combined cryo, load, and static…

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## [Weekly Space Report: 2025 Wrap and 2026 Speculation](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-2025-wrap-and-2026-speculation/6223)

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**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [27 December 2025 20:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-2025-wrap-and-2026-speculation/6223 "2025-12-27T20:55:39Z")

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Highlights: Booster 19 assembly complete, ready for its test campaign Blue Origin poaches CEO Tony from United Launch Alliance V3 Starship features simplified and souped up Raptor3 throughout Ke…

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## [Weekly Space Report: Jared Isaacman for the Win!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-jared-isaacman-for-the-win/5701)

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**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\
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**Last updated:** [8 December 2024 01:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-jared-isaacman-for-the-win/5701 "2024-12-08T01:12:02Z")

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Highlights: Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator noted above. Artemis fate, and bureaucrats efforts to save it. 2026 & 2027 for II and III? Polaris program implications. Block II production n…

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## [Weekly Space Report: Starship TF6 on Nov 18!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-starship-tf6-on-nov-18/5669)

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**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\
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**Last updated:** [9 November 2024 14:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-starship-tf6-on-nov-18/5669 "2024-11-09T14:18:32Z")

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Highlights: Booster catch redundancy upgrades Afternoon launch instead of morning for daylight Ship splashdown in Indian Ocean Ship will make on-orbit engine relight to prove circularization capabi…

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## [Smarter Artemis?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/smarter-artemis/4060)

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**Author:** [@Roxie](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Roxie)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [19 December 2023 19:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/smarter-artemis/4060 "2023-12-19T19:22:50Z")

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This is probably the best episode of Smarter Every Day that I’ve seen, on multiple levels.

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## [How Blue Origin Redesigned Their Lunar Lander](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-blue-origin-redesigned-their-lunar-lander/3207)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [23 May 2023 01:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-blue-origin-redesigned-their-lunar-lander/3207 "2023-05-23T01:01:52Z")

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One interesting aspect of the Blue Origin team’s selection as the second source for NASA’s Project Artemis Human Lunar Landing System is that now both of the funded systems, SpaceX’s Lunar Starship and Blue…

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## [NASA Artemis Human Lunar Landing System Second Source Selection](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-artemis-human-lunar-landing-system-second-source-selection/3192)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [19 May 2023 15:25 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-artemis-human-lunar-landing-system-second-source-selection/3192 "2023-05-19T15:25:35Z")

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NASA will announce the second source for the Artemis project Human Landing System on 2023-05-19 at 14:30 UTC. In April 2021, SpaceX won the initial contract to develop the Human Landing System to take crew…

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## [NASA Artemis Moon Landing Plans](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-artemis-moon-landing-plans/1755)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [30 July 2022 05:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-artemis-moon-landing-plans/1755 "2022-07-30T05:17:23Z")

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Here, from a NASA conference presentation \[PDF\], is the “concept of operations” for the Artemis III return to the Moon mission. No, you’re not hallucinating. Whereas Apollo required one launch of a Sat…

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## [What Is a Lunar “Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit”?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-a-lunar-near-rectilinear-halo-orbit/1630)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 July 2022 14:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-a-lunar-near-rectilinear-halo-orbit/1630 "2022-07-02T14:59:47Z")

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Orbiting two bodies at once.

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## [NASA Media Teleconference: “Sustaining Lunar Development”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-media-teleconference-sustaining-lunar-development/1089)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [24 March 2022 13:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nasa-media-teleconference-sustaining-lunar-development/1089 "2022-03-24T13:27:10Z")

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Yesterday, 2022-03-23, NASA held a media teleconference on their announcement of the second phase of Project Artemis Human Landing System procurement for lunar missions. Participants were: Bill Nelson, N…
