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NASA is accepting media applications to cover the historic Artemis II mission from Johnson Space Center, the control hub for the first crewed lunar flight in over 50 years.
NASA is demolishing two historic rocket test facilities in Alabama as the first step in a major infrastructure overhaul under new Administrator Jared Isaacman.
A review of the significant rocket and spacecraft failures of 2025, highlighting the challenges faced by both government agencies and private companies.
NASA is preparing for the 2026 launch of Artemis II, a mission that will send four astronauts on a flyby around the moon, marking humanity's closest approach in over 50 years.
The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission have completed a critical launch day simulation, a significant milestone for the first crewed lunar flight in 50 years.
The European Space Agency has selected an industrial team led by Thales Alenia Space to build its Argonaut lunar lander, targeting a 2030 mission to the Moon.
The United States is advancing a plan to deploy a 100-kilowatt nuclear fission reactor on the Moon by 2030, aiming to secure a constant power source.
NASA's Artemis program faces critical delays from private partners like SpaceX, prompting the agency to diversify with a new contract for Blue Origin.
SpaceX has proposed a simplified mission plan to accelerate NASA's Artemis III moon landing after the agency's chief criticized the company for delays.
The United States' long-held dominance in space exploration is facing a critical challenge from China amid internal budget uncertainties and a shifting political landscape.
NASA has fully assembled the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission, which will send astronauts around the Moon as early as February 2026.
International teams tested innovative lunar robots in a German Moon simulator, demonstrating technology to extract oxygen from soil for future astronaut missions.
