It has been fifty years since a human spacecraft flew past low Earth orbit, and NASA is set to end the streak with a mission that is as much of a test of engineering as it is a milestone flight.

The four astronauts set to climb aboard the first Orion spacecraft to fly humans have already given it a name ahead of their moonbound Artemis II mission next year.

Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who will serve as Commander on NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission to the Moon and back, has explained ...

SLS is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of taking astronauts to destinations all over the solar system, including ...

Spectators turned out to Space View Park in Titusville to watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V sends a group of Kuiper satellites into orbit ...

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says he and the rest of his crewmates are ready for a historic trip around the moon, ...

NASA tackled Artemis II SLS rocket vibrations seen in Artemis I using wind-tunnel models, pressure-sensitive paint, and supercomputers.

The first mission of the program, Artemis I, lifted off on November 16, 2022. The uncrewed flight to test the equipment was, ...

After all the tests, NASA determined that Artemis II was safe to fly with its current heat shield, but NASA decided to use a ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission could launch as early as February 2026, sending three Americans and one Canadian on a 10-day trip around the moon.

NASA's Artemis II astronauts will embark on the first crewed U.S. mission to the moon in half a century. It could launch early in 2026.

After the Moon Landing of 1969, manned space travel stagnated for over half a century. The space shuttle was far too ...