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NASA Juggling Piloted Moon Mission and Space Station Crew Replacement Flight
- On Monday, NASA is hosting a news conference to update the Artemis II mission ahead of the rocket’s rollout Saturday at 7 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center, carrying four astronauts.
- Operational rehearsals, including a December Countdown Demonstration Test, set the readiness baseline ahead of rollout, mobilizing over 300 personnel with Amentum providing systems engineering support.
- Mission managers ran a Countdown Demonstration Test simulating launch‑day operations for the integrated Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System, and WESH 2 will stream the mission news conference.
- Building Orion positions Lockheed Martin as the primary hardware beneficiary of Artemis work, with the $134.9 billion defense contractor capturing the largest contracts and leveraging a 62.8% return on equity.
- The wider space economy, exemplified by Rocket Lab’s $1.1 billion backlog and 100% success in 21 launches, shapes contractor opportunities beyond Artemis, while Northrop Grumman supplies propulsion and components.
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In 2026, NASA is sending people back to the moon for the first time in 54 years, and preparations for the Artemis 2 mission are already in full swing. The first possible launch window opens on February 6. Krone+ explains what final precautions NASA has taken in the meantime – and why the transport of the SLS mega rocket to its launch site alone is a logistical challenge.
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right2Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Center
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C 64%
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