NASA's Artemis 2 mission — the first-ever crewed mission of the Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) — is targeting a ...

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are gearing up for their planned 2026 moon launch by photographing an inflatable version of Earth ...

South Korea's KASA is just one international space agency that will fly cubesats on the mission; Germany's DLR will also ...

A panel of judges has selected the 25 finalists in NASA and Freelancer's global contest to design a plush "zero-g indicator" ...

The Artemis 2 moon crew during a launch simulation at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 20, 2023. They stand on the crew access arm at Launch 39B, which will one day bring them to the waiting ...

"When you're in your launch and entry suits, you're with the crew you're going to be on the pad with, that is absolutely ...

Hansen, Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch were named to the crew in April, but their visit to the Kennedy Space Center Monday and Tuesday was their first chance to ...

This will be the first set of missions that NASA has used to send a crew to the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, more than 50 years ago. In total, the Artemis expedition includes ...

Artemis 2 is currently slated for a November 2024 launch, escorting a crew of astronauts to a trip to the Moon and back without actually landing on the lunar surface (that’s the job of Artemis 3).

NASA and Freelancer announced on 15 August the 25 finalists in the “Moon Mascot: Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge.” The toy chosen will float inside Orion once microgravity begins.

As for Artemis 3, NASA needs a new moon lander to carry travelers from the Orion capsule down to the south polar region of the moon and back up to Orion. The mission will include the first woman ...

Topline NASA’s Artemis 2 “lunar fly-by” mission will include three U.S. astronauts and a Canadian astronaut—the first four people to circle the moon in nearly half a century—the agency ...