NASA Partners with Industry for New Spacewalking, Moonwalking Services The awards leverage NASA expertise with commercial innovation to support continued science at the orbiting laboratory and long-term human exploration at the Moon under Artemis, including landing the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface
NASA Tests Technology, Practices Artemis Moonwalks in Arizona Desert To prepare for exploring the Moon during NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency is conducting a week-long field test in the lunar-like landscape of San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona to practice moonwalk scenarios
Moonwalkers - NASA Science Four of America's moonwalkers are still alive: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17) In all, 24 American astronauts made the trip from Earth to the Moon between 1968 and 1972
Spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III Moon Surface Mission Debuts Both vendors will compete for future spacewalking and moonwalking services task orders Through Artemis, NASA will pave the way for a long-term, sustainable lunar presence to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before and prepare for future astronaut missions to Mars
Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the Arizona Desert Between May 13 and May 22, 2024, Rubins and Douglas trudged through northern Arizona’s San Francisco Volcanic Field, a geologically Moon-like destination shaped by millions of years of volcanic eruptions There, they made observations of the soil and rocks around them and collected samples
Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk - NASA+ Original Mission Video as aired in July 1969 depicting the Apollo 11 astronauts conducting several tasks during extravehicular activity (EVA) operations on the surface of the moon
A Moonlit Moonwalk - NASA NASA astronauts Kate Rubins, foreground, and Andre Douglas execute a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024, as part of the Joint Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Test Team Field Test 5 (JETT5)