June 4, 2025 – NeRDs Moonbase

NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arrival at Station

June 4, 2025 NeRD

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 3 crew is pictured approaching the International Space Station on Jan. 20, 2024. Credit: NASA NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.…

NASA, ISRO Research Aboard Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to Station

June 4, 2025 NeRD

NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) are collaborating to launch scientific investigations aboard Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. These studies include examining muscle regeneration, growth of sprouts and edible microalgae, survival of tiny aquatic organisms, and human interaction with electronic displays in microgravity. The mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Tuesday, June 10, aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Regenerating muscle tissue Immunofluorescent image of human muscle…

Lunar landers and ‘Transporter’ tankers: Blue Origin unveils its blueprint for the moon

June 4, 2025 NeRD

Blue Origin has begun revealing how it plans to establish itself as a provider of hardware to enable long-term human stays on the moon. One newly unveiled key element is the “Transporter,” a vehicle that can be launched on a single Blue Origin New Glenn rocket into low Earth orbit. It will harvest leftover propellant from the booster’s second stage and then haul the hydrogen and oxygen to lunar orbit. Transporter is designed to lug roughly 110 tons (100 metric tons) from Earth orbit to lunar orbit. And in Mars…

How a Childhood Telescope Launched a NASA Career

June 4, 2025 NeRD

Christina Zeringue is the chief safety and mission assurance officer at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. She is responsible for the safety and mission success of all activities, including rocket propulsion testing and operation of the NASA Stennis federal city. NASA/Danny Nowlin Christina Zeringue remembers being 10 years old, looking to the sky through her new telescope to view the Moon and planets on Christmas night. It opened her eyes to space and inspired her journey from the backyard to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. “I became…

You can beat the Father’s Day and Prime Day rush with one of the best VR headset deals available, perfect for entertainment and beginners

June 4, 2025 NeRD

If you’re looking for one of the best VR headsets on the market but you don’t want to break the bank, we may have found the deal for you. The HTC Vive Flow is $200 off, and it’s perfect for light entertainment and on-the-go use. And you can beat the Father’s Day and Prime Day sales rush. Save $200 on the HTC Vive Flow when you grab it from Vive’s website, now just $299.99. Plus, you get two months of VIVEPORT Infinity for free. In our HTC Vive Flow review,…

I Am Artemis: Lili Villarreal

June 4, 2025 NeRD

3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Lili Villarreal Listen to this audio excerpt from Liliana Villarreal, Artemis Landing & Recovery Director: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. Lili Villarreal fell in love with space exploration from an early age when she and her family visited the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. So, it should come as no surprise that when the opportunity came for her to start working on NASA’s Artemis missions to explore the Moon and build the foundation for the first…

Sols 4556-4558: It’s All in a Day’s (box)Work

June 4, 2025 NeRD

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min read Sols 4556-4558: It’s All in a Day’s (box)Work NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Right Navigation Camera on June 2, 2025 — Sol 4558, or Martian day 4,558 of the Mars Science…