NASA’s last major test for its moon-bound Artemis II rocket is set for Monday night, and, if successful, will open the door for America’s first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972. The so-called “wet dress rehearsal” began early Monday with fueling of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket following days of delays due to chilly temperatures in Florida,

NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with China's closed program.

NASA carried out its first medical evacuation from space early Thursday, bringing four astronauts back to Earth more than a month early after a crew member reported health issues aboard the International Space Station. SpaceX guided the Dragon capsule to a ...

Dramatic video footage showed flames billowing from the bottom of a NASA research plane as it made an emergency belly landing at a Texas airport Tuesday. The NASA WB-57 aircraft was forced to slide gears-up — or without its landing equipment deployed — onto the runway at Ellington Airfield in Houston after it experienced a mechanical issue at around 11:30 a.

NASA is inviting people around the world to send their names on a historic trip around the Moon. As part of the Artemis II mission, the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years, the space agency will carry a digital memory card containing millions of ...

NASA and the Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday announced plans to develop a nuclear reactor for the surface of the moon by 2030. The two agencies recently signed a new memorandum of understanding that solidified collaboration on the research and ...

NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts.