NASA says space mission on track for Wednesday launch, aiming to carry a crew to the moon for first time in 5 decades

Mars exploration is heating up. NASA eyes sample returns and crewed landings by the 2030s, but its current relay satellites — some decades past design life — struggle with data traffic from rovers, orbiters and future habitats.

An update is coming today on NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission to launch four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon.

Artemis II mission will take 4 astronauts on a trip around the moon. The vehicle that will send them there? A massive NASA Space Launch System rocket.

Artemis program, the Artemis II rocket has reached its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, marking the final stretch before its highly anticipated mission to the Moon. On March 20, 2026, the powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft were carefully transported to Launch Pad 39B,

WASHINGTON — The number of manned launches at Kennedy Space Center should pick up dramatically in the coming years, with bigger rockets. NASA administrators now plan to begin building a moon base by 2028, beginning with the Artemis IV and V missions.

NASA launched the Artemis II mission, which will carry humans to the moon for the first time since 1972.

The U.S. space agency’s Skyfall project calls for sending robotic helicopters to Mars on a nuclear-powered spacecraft before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency