China this year landed an uncrewed lander on the far side of the moon and retrieved surface samples. Here's what the Artemis II mission calls for: the four-person crew members will travel on a 10 ...

The core creates around 1.6 million pounds of thrust at launch, while its two side boosters each ... to the surface of the moon since 1972. That mission, Artemis III, had been targeting, 2026 ...

The US lunar programme is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready. Meanwhile, China ...

The circular diameter means the impact that created the South Pole-Aitken basin, which stretches nearly 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across the far side of the moon, may have been much deeper. This ...

One-armed robots are being trained in lunar construction as earthlings prepare to return to our satellite for the first time ...

When I asked readers on social media for suggestions about the coolest things they’ve seen in spaceflight during the last 25 ...

Preparations are underway to send the next round of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX's Crew-8 ...

The Artemis II mission has been postponed and rescheduled for April 2026, with the goal of sending astronauts around the Moon. Artemis III ... heat shield design to side-step possible considerable ...

Made from faux Martian and lunar soil, a new sulfur-based compound could also lead to faster construction on Earth.

NASA has announced a delay in the launch of the Artemis II mission. It has been postponed to November 2026 due to technical ...

Humankind accomplished new feats in space this year, including scooping up some of the moon’s farside and launching a probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

Artemis 2 will be the first mission to carry humans to the moon's vicinity since 1972 ... In his free time, Brett enjoys skywatching throughout the dark skies of the Appalachian mountains.