Watch how the Space Launch System rocket RS-25 undergoes a core stage engine test-fire. Credit: NASA's Stennis Space Center ...

In the first decades of the 21st century, NASA’s Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon, thanks to international partnerships.

NASA has been conducting a series of hot fire tests to certify RS-25 engines for use on the Space Launch System rockets that will launch Artemis missions to the moon. The penultimate test in the ...

The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission has already flown, in 2022. The Artemis 2 mission in 2025 will use the SLS rocket to send a crew of four on a looping flight around the moon aboard an Orion spacecraft.

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

The SLS/Orion launch system currently works, as proven by the Artemis 1 mission which launched ... and one partially completed rocket, in its fleet. Although Congress had directed NASA to maintain ...

The Artemis program's architecture is sure to ... NASA currently envisions the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as the transportation system to ferry astronauts between Earth and the vicinity ...

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes ... NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will launch Orion spacecraft and its astronaut crews of four to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program.

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ... could replace SLS with Starship from Musk's SpaceX. Starship is already part of the architecture for future Artemis missions ...

Even so, the direction of NASA’s Artemis program could shift from the current plans that rely on the SLS rocket carrying Orion. Future Artemis plans feature a larger version of the SLS ...