From the Artemis II moon mission to searching for signs of life on distant plants, 2026 will be a big year for space.

Spaceflight planners are treating 2026 as a pivot year, with six headline missions that range from NASA’s push back to the ...

For the first time in more than half a century, humans are preparing to leave Earth’s orbit and head near the moon, with NASA ...

NASA's Artemis II will celebrate America's 250th anniversary while flying the first humans to the Moon since Apollo 17 in ...

On 1970, NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil ...

If 2022 was the year the return to the moon officially started with the uncrewed flight of Artemis I, 2026 will be the year it goes into high gear.

Before the Apollo missions, there were the Mercury missions. Astronauts had to learn to walk before they could run. They had to be sure they could get into orbit, then back to Earth safely. They had ...

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — If the Trump Administration NASA budget proposal passes, the space agency’s mission will take a major shift in priorities. Crewed lunar exploration would get billions of dollars ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

NASA astronauts are now testing a new generation of lunar spacesuits underwater, part of the agency’s long-term preparations for the first Artemis moonwalks in more than 50 years. The underwater ...