The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...

The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...

The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...

Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has become the second private spacecraft ... shadow seen on the Moon’s surface! We’ll continue to share images and updates ...

Texas-based Intuitive Machines reached the moon last year, but its spacecraft named Odysseus tipped over onto its side as it touched down. Odysseus survived, despite the rocky landing, and carried ...

NASA’s successful Artemis I mission flew an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon in 2022. The Artemis II test flight will send astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman ...

This modern-day space photo has ... about these moon endeavors. But landing on the moon remains daunting, largely because it's a world with virtually no atmosphere to slow spacecraft down.

NASA said that, during the flyby mission, the Artemis II crew "will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during the flight around the moon and back." ...