The core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is slated to launch astronauts around the moon since the ...

Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket core stage was fitted with 4 RS-25 engines at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New ...

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and ...

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

The Orion spacecraft installed on top of the Space Launch System rocket that will launch the Artemis 2 mission. Credit: X @SecDuffyNASA WASHINGTON — The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 mission has ...

NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 of the ...

The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak WASHINGTON — NASA’s Artemis 2 mission around the moon could launch as soon as early February, as both agency ...

Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and astronaut, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as NASA's 15th administrator. Isaacman will oversee NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by ...