Lightning strikes Launch Complex 39B where NASA's Artemis 1 mission is being readied for launch. The first clip shows the strike in real-time, followed by a replay at 1/10th normal speed. The flash can be seen and electrical discharge heard in video from a NASA camera at the launch pad (also at 1/10th normal speed). The strike occurred at approximately 1:16 p.m. EDT. Three 600-foot-tall towers protect the Space Launch System moon rocket from a direct hit by lightning while it is on the launch pa

The first private astronaut crew, Axiom Mission 1 (#Ax1) is on their way to the space station in the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after a successful liftoff at 11:17 a.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. They are set to dock at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow, April 9. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/axiom-private-astronauts-headed-to-international-space-station | International Space Station

The first integrated flight of NASA's Space Launch System and NASA’s Orion Spacecraft, Exploration Mission-1, is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human deep space exploration to the Moon, Mars and beyond! LEARN MORE >> go.nasa.gov/2Gj2Kpf | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center