Moon Mission

Home News Spaceflight NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule on the move toward Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 17, 2022. (Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA's new megarocket for its Artemis 1 moon mission is on the launch pad…

NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return the first humans to the moon since 1972, is severely over budget and delayed, the space agency’s inspector general warned recently. Speaking during a meeting of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 1, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin took…

“Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.”  Those were the words that Richard Nixon read on television in 1969 while breaking the terrible news to the nation that the Apollo 11 mission had…

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission will be the agency's first big step toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface.  Formerly known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), Artemis 1 will be the first test flight of the agency's new Space Launch System megarocket and the Orion crew capsule. The SLS rocket…

Home News Spaceflight A close-up view of NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System megarocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 20, 2021. (Image credit: NASA/Frank Michaux) NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission may end up being a summertime affair. An April launch is…

by Andrew Jones — February 23, 2022 The Earth and distant moon imaged by the Chang'e-5 T1 service module. A rocket upper stage that launched the mission is thought to be the object due to impact the moon in March 2022. Credit: CNSA/CLEP HELSINKI — A rocket stage expected to…

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, to provide an update on progress toward the launch of the agency’s uncrewed Artemis I mission...Read More

Home News Tech Future moon missions may need to work in dim lighting conditions for at least part of their time. (Image credit: NASA) NASA wants your help to safely land future lunar spacecraft in the dark, including permanently shadowed craters that may be icy. The agency's new Nighttime Precision…

Home News Spaceflight We love it when a rocket comes together. In October 2021, NASA finished stacking the huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for its Artemis 1 moon mission inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. That was a big milestone for the…

Home News Spaceflight The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, is lifted above the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 20, 2021. (Image credit: NASA/Frank Michaux)…