NASA Prepares Its First Crewed Moon Orbit in Over 50 Years

NASA says America’s push back to the Moon is accelerating, with Artemis II poised to launch a new era of U.S. space leadership.
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NASA Artemis rocket booster suffers alarming anomaly in key test

The latest test of a next-generation rocket booster for NASA’s Artemis moon program ended with a violent structural failure, ...
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NASA’s Artemis II will carry secret mementos into space to honor July 4

As the United States approaches the 250th Anniversary of Independence, NASA is preparing a very specific kind of celebration: a crewed loop around the Moon that quietly doubles as a time capsule.

NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some ...
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The Unlikely Objects That Will Fly Around the Moon With the Crew of Artemis II

American space agency NASA detailed the contents of the official kit that will fly with the Orion Integrity on a trip around ...
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This NH teacher wanted a seat on the ill-fated Challenger

Christa McAuliffe was one of New Hampshire’s two candidates for the Teacher in Space program that gave her a spot on the ...
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Learning from tragedy: This NH teacher wanted a seat on the ill-fated Challenger

Christa McAuliffe was one of New Hampshire’s two candidates for the Teacher in Space program that gave her a spot on the ...

NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo.

ABC13 gets insight from NASA administrator on new test mission, city's chances for retired shuttle

"I would say this is the most important human spaceflight mission for NASA in more than a half century," NASA administrator ...

This startup will send 1,000 people’s ashes to space — affordably — in 2027

Started by an engineer who worked on the space shuttle program, and at Blue Origin, Space Beyond has a spot on a 2027 Falcon ...

NASA remembers fallen astronauts during Kennedy Space Center memorial ceremony

The 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster cast a shadow over NASA's annual Day of Remembrance event inside the Space ...

NASA's Discovery shuttle, launched in Florida, may not move to Houston

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida, may not be relocated to Houston for display.