Almost as tall as a football field, NASA's Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly—just under one mile per hour—out to the Artemis II launchpad, its temporary home at the Kennedy ...

"I hope they forget all about Artemis 2," Koch told Bill Whitaker of CBS' "60 Minutes," which aired a piece about the mission on Sunday night (Feb. 1). "I think that's a little bit extreme, but we ...

The first mission to return humans to the lunar neighborhood since Apollo 17 in 1972 is planning spacecraft testing, ...

More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for ...

Artemis II echoes the Apollo-era missions that paved the way for the first moon landing — and sets the stage for what comes ...

Astronauts share their favorite space films, capturing the thrill of leaving Earth. From survival on Mars to the Apollo 13 ...

The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon. In 1961, during the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and in an address to a joint session of Congress, President John F.

Contrary to intuition, we cannot launch a spacecraft in a straight line. We must follow a Hohmann transfer orbit, which saves fuel but dictates the entire mission schedule. This means waiting for ...

Biological limits A sustainable Mars colony will need to include raising children there, but childbirth would be very risky on Mars. (Courtesy: iStock/Denis Art) “It’s hard to say when exactly sending ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...