Artemis II will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the far side of the moon and back. The mission will test spacecraft systems and help pave the way for future lunar exploration.

NASA is targeting an April 1 launch for Artemis II, its first crewed mission around the moon since Apollo, following a successful flight readiness review.

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders, with few of the smooth patches of sandy or pebbly material scientists had expected based on observations with Earth-based instruments.

In an announcement on CNBC, the NASA administrator said he wants NASA to send lunar landers to the moon on a monthly basis to support the agency's long-term goals, including one day having a permanent lunar base.

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft, which has been exploring Mars for over a decade, is currently silent after unexpectedly losing contact in December 2025. Despite a relentless effort by the agency’s experts,

NASA is achieving new heights in technology as new, robust electronics can operate in vastly harsher planetary conditions.

A century after Robert Goddard’s first-ever launch of a liquid-fueled rocket, two NASA experts weigh in on what his legacy still holds for spaceflight’s future