Lockheed Martin formally delivered to NASA May 1 the Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, keeping that mission on track for a launch in early 2026.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — An upcoming exercise will help NASA respond if there is a solar storm during next year’s Artemis 2 mission near the moon. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center […]

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Despite political uncertainty about the future of NASA’s overall effort to return humans to the moon, the hardware for the next Artemis mission continues to […]

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Companies involved in the Artemis lunar exploration campaign urged the new administration to retain the current architecture to avoid more delays.

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WASHINGTON — NASA has further delayed the next two Artemis missions to the moon, pushing back the first crewed landing of the program to the middle of 2027. At a […]

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NASA rolled out the second core stage for the Space Launch System rocket July 16 to ship it to Florida for the Artemis 2 mission next year.

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A report by NASA’s inspector general has disclosed new details about problems with the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield and other issues that delayed its first crewed launch.

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A NASA safety panel says the agency is studying issues with the design of the side hatch of the Orion spacecraft that could affect its ability to be opened in an off-nominal situation.

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NASA is postponing the next two Artemis missions, including the first crewed landing on the moon, by nearly a year to address technical issues that could affect the safety of the astronauts on board.

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A year after the launch of the Artemis 1 mission, NASA is continuing to study the performance of the heat shield on the Orion spacecraft, a review that may take several more months to complete.

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Representatives of national space agencies provided updates on upcoming missions at the 74th International Astronautical Congress Monday.

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NASA has left the door open for changing the scope of Artemis 3, currently set to be the first crewed lunar landing of the program, if key elements suffer major delays.

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On April 3, NASA revealed the crew of Artemis 2, the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft that is slated for launch as soon as late 2024. Reid Wiseman, […]

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As Canada celebrates its first astronaut to go to the moon, it is starting a new project that could eventually enable a Canadian to walk on the lunar surface.

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NASA announced April 3 the three Americans and one Canadian who will be on the crew of the Artemis 2 mission, the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit in more than half a century.

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