{"id":274160,"date":"2025-08-28T01:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=904885"},"modified":"2025-08-28T01:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:37:12","slug":"nasa-seeks-volunteers-to-track-artemis-ii-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=274160","title":{"rendered":"NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the 19th day of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 4, 2022, a camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured the Moon just in frame.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth.<\/p>\n

The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agency\u2019s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on an approximately 10-day mission around the Moon.<\/p>\n

The mission, targeted for no later than April 2026, will rely on NASA\u2019s Near Space Network and Deep Space Network for primary communications and tracking support throughout its launch, orbit, and reentry. However, with a growing focus on commercialization, NASA wants to further understand industry\u2019s tracking capabilities.  <\/p>\n

This collaboration opportunity builds upon a previous request<\/a> released by NASA\u2019s SCaN (Space Communication and Navigation) Program during the Artemis I mission, where ten volunteers successfully tracked the uncrewed Orion spacecraft in 2022 on its journey thousands of miles beyond the Moon and back.<\/p>\n

During the Artemis I mission, participants \u2013 ranging from international space agencies, academic institutions, commercial companies, nonprofits, and private citizens \u2013 attempted to receive Orion\u2019s signal and use their respective ground antennas to track and measure changes in the radio waves transmitted by Orion.<\/p>\n

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This data will help inform our transition to a commercial-first approach, ultimately strengthening the infrastructure needed to support long-term Moon to Mars objectives.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\u201cBy offering this opportunity to the broader aerospace community, we can identify available tracking capabilities outside the government,\u201d said Kevin Coggins, NASA\u2019s deputy associate administrator for SCaN at NASA Headquarters in Washington. \u201cThis data will help inform our transition to a commercial-first approach, ultimately strengthening the infrastructure needed to support Artemis missions and our long-term Moon to Mars objectives.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Responses are due by 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 27.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s SCaN Program<\/a> serves as the management office for the agency\u2019s space communications and navigation systems. More than 100 NASA and non-NASA missions rely on SCaN\u2019s two networks, the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network, to support astronauts aboard the International Space Station and future Artemis missions, monitor Earth\u2019s weather, support lunar exploration, and uncover the solar system and beyond.<\/p>\n

Artemis II will help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration. This mission is the first crewed flight under NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign and is another step toward new U.S.-crewed missions on the Moon\u2019s surface that will help the agency prepare to send American astronauts to Mars.<\/a><\/p>\n

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