With launch potentially just three weeks away, the agency is working tirelessly to get the SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the Artemis 2 crew ready for liftoff. Reading time 3 minutes It’s official: ...

A fully stacked SLS rocket is inside high bay 3 of Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building, where it is being prepared to roll out to LC-39B next week. Credit: Joel Kowsky/NASA CAPE CANAVERAL ...

For the first time in half a century, NASA is poised to send astronauts to the lunar environment. The Artemis 2 mission has faced years of delays, fueling anticipation and uncertainty—but it appears ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon. The mission is the first crewed flight in NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the lunar ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA plans to roll out the next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and ...

In June, the White House released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 that slashed funding for NASA’s science programs by nearly 50 percent. Then, in July, the Trump administration began telling ...

・The company said that 72 out of the prespecified 80 deaths required to trigger the final analysis have now occurred as of Dec. 26, 2025. ・That extended survival timeline may delay the anticipated ...