Catching wind about Artemis? Meteorologists at NASAKennedy Space Center in Florida are over the Moon about a recently updated radar set up for #Artemis I. Located on five acres near the Launch and Landing Facility, the Tropospheric Doppler Radar Wind Profiler is the only instrument of its kind in operation on the Eastern Range. The radar will be used as the primary upper level wind instrument for NASA's Artemis missions, starting with Artemis I. The first launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft is scheduled for later this year. The wind profiler consists of 640 antennae operating at a frequency of 48 megahertz. The instrument delivers data – from 6,000 to 62,000 feet (1,800 to 19,000 meters) – every five minutes. This far outpaces weather balloons, which take approximately an hour to deliver the same information. Artemis I will be the first test of the SLS and the Orion spacecraft as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. NASA’s Ar...