Feb 4, 2025 · Combining power and capability, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration and Artemis. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly to the Moon in a single launch.

Wan Hu is a legendary Chinese official described in modern sources as possibly the first man to attempt to use a rocket to launch into outer space. [1] Possibly depicted as the "world's first astronaut" [2] and "the first martyr in man's struggle to achieve space flight", [3] NASA named the crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon after him. [4]

Apr 5, 2023 · NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and ground systems. SLS and Orion launched at 1:47 a.m. EST, from Launch Pad 39B at …

Dec 20, 2023 · Wiseman was among a small group of astronauts flying the famous T-38 jet trainers past the Artemis 1 SLS on the launch pad on Aug. 23, 2022. Nobody knew it back then, but three of the four...

Jan 26, 2024 · Four new crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

Jul 25, 2024 · Artemis II will be NASA’s first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon to verify today’s capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for long-term exploration and science on the lunar surface.

Sep 11, 2024 · A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three astronauts toward the International Space Station today (Sept. 11), and you can watch the action live.

Nov 29, 2023 · The Artemis 2 crew, amid moon training, put their signatures on the adapter for their Orion spacecraft, which will be mounted on top of the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

Sep 28, 2024 · SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station. A Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew and two empty seats.

Jan 31, 2025 · Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two NASA astronauts who rode to the space station months ago on the Boeing Starliner, are slated to come home in late March. Also aboard the station are NASA ...