Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for NASA's Artemis II moon mission

The astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are preparing to launch into space on a ...

NASA's Artemis program brings new faces to lunar voyage

As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between ...
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What is the Artemis Program?

People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo.

Everything to know about NASA's moon mission launching this week

NASA is poised to launch four astronauts April 1 on a historic nine-day trip around the moon and back. Here's everything to ...

Apollo’s impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA’s return to the moon with Artemis II launch

Victor Glover pilots Artemis II He suddenly couldn’t speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery ...

NASA Artemis 2 weather forecast '80% go' for April 1 launch, says team

NASA's Artemis II mission is set to launch as early as Wednesday, April 1 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Florida space coast cities abuzz before Nasa’s Artemis launch: ‘At the doorstep of the future’

Cape Canaveral and Titusville, long ghost towns after 1969 moon landing, have witnessed space industry ‘renaissance’ ...

NASA pauses its lunar Gateway plan, a comet reverses its spin and more science news

NASA announced major changes to its approach for moon landings that are expected to play out over the coming years, including axing its plan to build an orbiting station called Gateway. Read on to ...