When will SpaceX's Starship 12th launch take place? An important step forward in long-duration spaceflight, the highly anticipated 12th launch of Starship, a fully reusable spacecraft designed for ...

As humanity prepares to land on the moon in future Artemis missions, NASA's combustion tests will be critical to assuring astronaut safety. Reading time 2 minutes Artemis 2 was both a milestone and a ...

Professor Daniel Britt discusses lunar surfaces including regolith and exploration issues. Pegasus Professor Dan Britt describes how the Moon is an alien environment where Earth assumptions fail. He ...

Artist's rendering of the proposed SR-1 Freedom spacecraft. Credit: NASA COLORADO SPRINGS—A new White House initiative to develop space nuclear power directs NASA to develop a minimum 20-kW fission ...

While NASA sends astronauts around the Moon ahead of near-future landing missions and China races to catch up, the once-mighty Soviet space infrastructure has fallen far behind. Russia has admitted it ...

Chang'e-7 spacecraft elements arrived on Hainan island, April 9, for launch preparations. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — China’s multi-element Chang’e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport ...

The Artemis II astronauts wrapped up their lunar flyby as they continue their journey back to Earth on Tuesday, bringing with them rich celestial observations including little-known lunar craters, a ...

Maggy DONALDSON AFP Apr 7, 2026 Apr 7, 2026 0 As the Orion spacecraft whips around the Moon the astronauts could set a record by venturing farther from Earth than any human before As the Orion ...

Artemis II and it’s crew of four lift off from Kennedy Space Center April 1, 2026 on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back. Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK Artemis II launched ...