The launch of the first crewed moon mission since the Apollo era is just a week away! NASA is preparing to launch its Artemis 2 flight on April 1.
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NASA is honing its focus on future Artemis missions to land astronauts on the moon, removing the Gateway space station from its plans and prioritizing bases on the lunar surface.
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Heat shields keep incoming spacecraft from burning up in planetary atmospheres. Now we’re learning that different atmospheres have different effects.
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NASA will hold a series of events today (March 24) that update us on the agency’s plans for the moon and more, and you can watch them live.
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As moon missions accelerate, countries are working to define how to respond to emergencies and avoid interference between competing operations.
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NASA’s SLS rocket is back at the launch pad as the space agency gears up to launch Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission around the moon next month.
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One of the two spacecraft that make up Europe’s Proba-3 solar-eclipse mission just reestablished contact with its handlers after being incommunicado for a month.
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NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on Thursday (March 19) ahead of a planned April 1 liftoff, and you can watch the action live.
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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams prepared the International Space Station for the addition a new solar array during a spacewalk on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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As NASA gears up for the launch of Artemis 2, the agency is revising its moon landing strategy, aiming to make future missions more achievable and sustainable.
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