Moon Mission

Lauren E. Low Feb 02, 2026 Kennedy Space Center Editor’s note: This advisory was updated at on Feb. 3, 2026, to reflect a change in the start of the news conference and its participants, as well as removing a placeholder for a crew media gaggle. Following a fueling test of…

Artemis 2 astronauts (from left) Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, as seen on the cover of Time magazine. (Image credit: Time Magazine) Perched on Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B, NASA's Artemis 2 SLS rocket is poised to propel itself into the heavens as early as…

As a kid in the 1970s, I watched the Apollo moon missions on TV, drawn like a curious moth to the cathode-ray tube’s glow. The English band Pink Floyd blared through the speakers of my mom’s Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, beckoning us to the dark side of the moon. The far…

The three NASA astronauts on the mission are spaceflight veterans. Wiseman, who previously served in the Navy and became an astronaut in 2009, spent six months aboard the International Space Station in 2014. Wiseman with his daughters. Courtesy Reid Wiseman Since losing his wife in 2020, Wiseman has been raising…

A rare freeze in Florida has forced Nasa to push its Artemis 2 Moonshot to February 8, delaying critical tests on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. — Reuters pic (New users only) Unlock 4%* + 10%* p.a. promo rate for 3 months via Versa and enjoy FREE RM10 &…

Static fire test of the Long March 12B rocket at the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone at Jiuquan spaceport, Jan. 16, 2026. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — China appears set to accelerate its launch rate this year while also conducting tests key to its crewed lunar ambitions and launching major…

January 27, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm A crucial test of NASA’s upcoming crewed flight to the moon is set to take place as soon as Saturday, the agency said By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS)…

NASA rolls out the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 moon mission on Jan. 17, 2026. (Image credit: NASA/Brandon Hancock) NASA's Artemis 2 mission won't just send a quartet of astronauts around the moon — a trove of aerospace artifacts will make the trip as well. A…

The full Nautilus archive • eBooks & Special Editions • Ad-free reading The full Nautilus archive eBooks & Special Editions Ad-free reading Next month, NASA is slated to launch the first crewed mission to the moon in more than half a century. During the 10-day Artemis II mission, scheduled for…

NASA’s Space Launch System — the rocket that will carry four astronauts to the moon for the first time in over fifty years — along with the Orion spacecraft, has been moved to its launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission, named Artemis II, will blast off as early…