Members of NASA’s Orion crew recovery team arrive to rescue an “astronaut” during training for the Artemis II mission at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Launch Complex 39, Monday, February 6, 2023.

On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera captured black-and-white images of craters on the moon. (NASA Johnson) At the time of the lunar flyby, the spacecraft ...

NASA's Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis 1 flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program.

NASA Offers to Fly Your Name Around the Moon on Upcoming Artemis Mission The capsule is due to reach Earth's natural satellite around Nov. 22 after a 25-day mission .

NASA's Artemis astronauts need a backup in case something goes awry with their Space Launch System rocket. A basket system will ferry them safely away.

The Artemis 2 megarocket set to launch NASA's next astronauts to the moon in 2026 is almost completely assembled. ... Now, NASA has shared photos of the ICPS being stacked inside the VAB on X, ...

Artemis III will launch no earlier than September 2026, according to NASA. The mission will last around 30 days and will take two astronauts near to the South Pole of the moon for approximately a ...

Utah has a significant role, being the "factory" for the propulsion systems used by the SLS rocket. The new booster rocket for Artemis III, capable of exerting 4 million pounds of thrust, will undergo ...

The first mission of NASA's ambitious Artemis program produced some beautiful images. When the 322-foot-tall (98 meters) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was rolled out to the pad at Launch ...