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

NASA’s Carruthers mission will film Earth’s elusive exosphere to understand space weather, atmospheric escape, and planetary habitability. A NASA mission aims to photograph a feature of Earth that is ...

If you thought 2025 was an exciting year for spaceflight, just wait until 2026. Here's a look at six missions that could define the year.

The order, titled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” emphasizes the role of the upcoming Artemis missions for Americans ...

Artemis 2 astronauts strap into Orion spacecraft as agency eyes early 2026 launch for historic lunar flyby - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Carruthers Geocorona Observatory reveals unique views of Earth, moon using ultraviolet light invisible to human eyes - ...

NASA reported 2025 achievements in lunar, Mars, and Earth science missions, including Artemis II preparations, CLPS landers, Mars ESCAPADE, ISS research, heliophysics, and new astronaut candidates.

NASA's Artemis program represents the most ambitious human spaceflight effort since Apollo, aiming not only to return astronauts to the moon but also to establish a long-term presence that will pave ...

On March 31, SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission, which sent four private astronauts on a 3.5-day mission to Earth ...

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...

We're close to the New Moon, which means it's almost the beginning of a new lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is the roughly ...