NASA to Host Artemis II Crew Postflight News Conference.

Fresh off their return to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 16, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss their historic mission around the Moon. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina…

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Hubble Spies an Active Spiral.

A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. IC 486 lies right on the edge of the constellation Gemini (the Twins), around 380 million light-years from E…

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Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Launches to Resupply Expedition 74 Crew.

At 7:41 a.m. EDT, more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft for the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. The spacecraft …

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Artemis II astronauts splash down off California’s coast after a historic journey around the moon.

Artemis II returns home: The astronauts successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 p.m. ET as planned, concluding a monumental and risky 10-day journey around the moon and back that took them farther from Earth than anyone in human history. What happens ne…

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Being so far from Earth makes you appreciate our planet even more, Artemis 2 astronaut says.

Traveling far from her home planet helped Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch appreciate it even more. Koch and her crewmates talked with some of their International Space Station (ISS) counterparts on Tuesday (April 7), a day after Artemis 2's epic flyby of the moon. And…

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The Artemis 2 space toilet is actually working fine. But there is another problem.

The loo on Artemis 2's Orion capsule has gotten a lot of attention since the moon mission launched on April 1, and not just because it's the first privy ever to fly beyond Earth orbit. (NASA's Apollo astronauts did their business into handheld bags.) The Artemis …

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Artemis II's photo haul of the Earth and moon doesn't disappoint.

Artemis II astronauts spent Monday rounding the moon's edge, digital cameras in hand, snapping views of craters, an eclipse, and a blue marble rising and setting in deep space. Inside NASA's Orion spacecraft, Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission s…

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SpaceX delays next Starship test launch by a month, Musk says.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the company's next Starship test ​flight will take place in May and ‌not April as originally scheduled. Musk posted on social media platform X that the next flight of ​Starship’s V3 vehicle was four to ​six weeks away, or in the f…

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China targets 140 launches in 2026 amid commercial space surge.

China plans to conduct around 140 orbital launches this year, according to a commercial launch executive, marking a sharp acceleration in the country’s launch cadence. Yang Yiqiang, founder and chairperson of CAS Space, said China’s launches are expected to reach around 140 …

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Artemis II crew now halfway to Moon as they take 'spectacular' image of Earth.

Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they pass the halfway point between the Earth and the Moon. The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, took the "spectacular" images, Nasa says, after the crew completed a…

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Artemis 2 LIVE: Moon mission updates

NASA has successfully launched Artemis 2, its first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972. Liftoff took place at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT), sending four astronauts into Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft, where they are now preparing for the next phase of their journe…

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Relive NASA's historic Artemis 2 launch to the moon in these stunning photos.

On Wednesday (April 1), NASA launched its history-making Artemis 2 mission, which will see humanity return to the vicinity of the moon for the first time in over half a century. Not only this, but Artemis 2 will carry humans farther into space than they have ever ventured b…

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Comet MAPS faces a make-or-break moment as it dives toward the sun on April 4 — could it shine in the daytime sky?

We are now in the home stretch in the nearly four-month saga of Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS). This is the make-or-break week for this object as it heads for its long-awaited rendezvous with the sun this weekend.. The comet was discovered on Jan. 13, 2026, by a team of four amateur…

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch seen from space | Space photo of the day for April 2, 2026.

Humanity is on its way back to the moon as NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) blasts the space agency's Orion space capsule on April 1. The launch was even captured from space! What is it? This photo shows NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft blasting off from the…

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NASA’s Artemis II Launch Mission Countdown Begins.

The countdown for NASA’s Artemis II test flight is underway at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with members of the launch team arriving at their consoles inside the Rocco Petrone Launch Control Center. The onsite countdown clock started ticking down at 4:44 p.…

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Artemis 2 astronauts reveal adorable zero-g indicator 'Rise' | Space photo of the day for March 31, 2026.

The four astronaut's of NASA's Artemis 2 mission arrived in style ahead of their historic moon mission. What is it? NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman, and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen landed their T-38 jets at the Launch a…

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Rocket Lab launch of Europe's 1st 2 'Celeste' navigation satellites scrubbed due to weather

Rocket Lab will launch two pioneering navigation satellites early on Wednesday morning (March 25), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket carrying the first two satellites for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Celeste navigation constellation is scheduled …

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On this day in space: March 29, 1807: Heinrich Olbers discovers asteroid Vesta.

On March 29, 1807, the German astronomer Heinrich Olbers discovered the asteroid Vesta. Vesta is the second-largest body in the asteroid belt and is surpassed in size only by the dwarf planet Ceres. To look for asteroids, astronomers would draw sky charts every night and loo…

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Arctic Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low, NASA, NSIDC Scientists Find.

For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached 5.52 million square miles (14.29 million square kilometers), very close t…

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NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing.

Media are invited Tuesday, April 21, to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for a look at the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which recently completed construction and is wrapping up prelaunch testing. This will be one of the last opportun…

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