Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back?
NASA’s Artemis II mission will soon send astronauts on a trip around the moon, if the current plans hold. But why is the U.S. so...
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1,300-pound spacecraft will crash to Earth today following intense solar activity, NASA warns
A heavy space probe is falling to Earth today (March 10), eight years earlier than expected, according to NASA. The 1,300-pound (600 kilograms) Van Allen...
NASA fixes Artemis II rocket for April launch to take astronauts around moon
NASA says it has fixed the helium problem on its Artemis II rocket, which the space agency plans to launch to the moon within weeks....
NASA telescope spots first alien ‘astrosphere’ around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week
quick facts What it is: HD 61005, a sun-like star nicknamed the “Moth” Where it is: About 117 light-years away in the constellation Puppis When...
NASA announces sweeping overhaul of Artemis return to moon, targeting a 2028 landing and a 2027 in-orbit docking flight
NASA has announced a sweeping overhaul to its Artemis program, saying that the agency’s plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2028 would not...
Giant ‘spiderwebs’ on Mars contain tiny egg-like structures that scientists ‘can’t quite explain,’ NASA rover reveals
NASA’s Curiosity rover has snapped stunning new photos of giant “spiderwebs” zig-zagging across the surface of Mars. One of these images has revealed never-before-seen, egg-like...
NASA set to roll Artemis rocket back for urgent repairs after yet another delay
NASA has delayed its historic Artemis II lunar mission again after the space agency’s moon rocket experienced a helium flow issue overnight Friday (Feb. 20-21)....
Artemis II update: NASA targets March 6 for launch of historic moon mission following successful ‘wet dress rehearsal’
NASA is targeting Friday, March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for the historic Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts to the moon...
‘There will be leadership accountability’: Bungled Boeing Starliner mission put stranded NASA crew at risk, report says
NASA has put the failed 2024 test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule in the same category as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters and the...
NASA starts countdown clock for second Artemis II wet dress rehearsal after rocky first attempt
NASA is set to fuel the Artemis II rocket once more for a “wet dress rehearsal” on Thursday (Feb. 19) in preparation for its historic...