March marked a milestone in private space exploration as Texas-based Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its first robotic spacecraft, the Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander, on the moon. This ...

The first astronauts preparing to fly to the moon in more than 50 years want your help identifying their fifth crew member — their "moon mascot." NASA's Artemis 2 crew is seeking an original ...

For now, it looks like NASA’s orange behemoth has a little life left in it. All the hardware for the Artemis II mission has ...

It is the single largest element for NASA's Artemis II mission, which is slated to ferry a crew of astronauts around the far ...

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

SLS will launch NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly four astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft around the moon and ... term human presence on the moon. Artemis 1 launched an uncrewed Orion into ...

NASA's uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, which flew around the moon in 2022, carried a custom-made Snoopy doll, complete with a miniature version of the same pressure suit that the Artemis 2 astronauts ...

Solar arrays have also been installed to power the spacecraft while in transit to, around the moon and back ... to the 322-foot Block 1 configuration being used for the Artemis II mission.

Intuitive Machines was the first private company to land on the moon ... of NASA's Artemis lunar program. Its destination is Mons Mouton, a high plateau about six kilometers high, around 160 ...