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

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.

Artemis 2 is a mission that will allow astronauts to travel to and from the moon. During the journey, the astronauts will test NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and other systems. It is mainly ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

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

As NASA prepares for long-term bases beyond Earth, scientists are turning their attention to some of our planet’s tiniest ...