How NASA Ames' lunar landing simulator helps prepare for moon missions

What's it like to land on the Moon? Inside the NASA simulator helping prepare for Artemis mission

As NASA prepares for the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972, researchers in the Bay Area are using advanced simulators to recreate conditions astronauts could experience during a Moon landing.

How NASA Ames' lunar landing simulator helps prepare for moon missions

Part of the training goes through the Bay Area, where the NASA Ames Research Center has a lunar landing simulator.

NASA Ames Mountain View Simulator Preps 2028 Moon Mission

NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View is using its Vertical Motion Simulator to help prepare astronauts for a targeted 2028 Artemis moon landing.