Artemis delays raise questions about NASA's 2027 moon landing goal. Can the US maintain its lead in space exploration?

A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...

One of the big firsts in 2024 came from SpaceX as it finally managed to fly its Starship into space without blowing up.

A SpaceX rocket set to launch overnight will carry two lunar landers, one from Austin-based Firefly Aerospace and one from ...

A tiny spot at first, it gradually grew to a round circle falling at a great speed from the fringes of space. It was NASA’s Orion capsule, which would soon end the 25-day Artemis I mission ...

Reid Wiseman, commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with a crew around ...

The incoming US president is expected to gut support for research on the environment and infectious diseases, but could buoy ...

"We have since determined that while the capsule was dipping in and ... change may be coming to the agency's plans for Artemis and beyond. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the ...

NASA's Artemis III mission ... why didn't I send my song Outer Space? So then I re-sent another song," said Bell. Nigel Bell will have a song included in a capsule being sent to the moon.

The space agency simulated the extreme ... The Artemis 1 mission was an uncrewed test flight of the capsule to prepare for its successor, Artemis 2. The mission was considered a success, despite ...

and the move could have big ramifications for the agency's Artemis program and competition with China for leadership in space. The latest delays stem, in part, from an issue with the Orion crew ...

The moon and Earth loom in the background of this image taken from an uncrewed Orion capsule on the Artemis 1 mission.