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Artemis systems are ready to fly
astronauts …

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A hot fire test of an Artemis rocket engine …

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And educating
and inspiring the Artemis generation …

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a few of the stories
to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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After extensively reviewing

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data since last year’s successful
uncrewed Artemis I flight test around

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the Moon and back, NASA
has confirmed initial observations

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that the agency’s Space
Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft,

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and ground systems are ready
to fly astronauts on missions to the Moon.

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The agency plans to do
just that on Artemis II –

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by sending an astronaut crew
around the Moon and back.

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[Rocket engine starting]

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On March 8, engineers at our Stennis Space Center

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conducted this year’s third
hot fire test in the current test series

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to certify the redesigned
RS-25 rocket engines.

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Four of the engines will help
power our Space Launch System rocket

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on future Artemis 
missions to the Moon.

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Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff,

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NASA astronaut Yvonne
Cagle, and NASA Ames center

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director Eugene Tu joined students
and their families at an Oakland, California

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educational event,
hosted in honor of Women’s History Month.

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The event featured
hands-on STEM activities, and NASA items

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to inspire the students
to learn about our Artemis Program,

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which will land the first woman
and person of color on the Moon.

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NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer,

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or IXPE captured the light blue color

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in this new image of a pulsar wind nebula
in the constellation Vela.

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The light blue represents the first-ever
X-ray polarization data for Vela.

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The pulsar itself is near
the center of the image.

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Measuring polarization
could improve our understanding

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of how cosmic objects like pulsars
accelerate particles to high speeds.