Sixty-five years ago, the USSR shocked the world by sending the first robotic emissary from Earth to the moon. The September ...

Teams with NASA are gaining momentum as work progresses toward future lunar missions for the benefit of humanity as numerous ...

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

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.

Currently listed as launching no earlier than 1 a.m. Friday per the Space ... boosters NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will launch Orion spacecraft and its astronaut crews of four to the moon as part ...

The SLS has already seen its fair share of budget ... of the tower designed to launch rockets starting with Artemis IV, which is tentatively scheduled for 2028, has ballooned to a whopping $1.8 ...

Nasa's SLS carried the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test in November ... of launch thrust, compared to the Block 1’s8.8 million lbs. and will be the workhorse vehicle for sending ...

The latest delays stem, in part, from an issue with the Orion crew spacecraft and its heat shield which was detected after a "skip reentry" during the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission in late 2022.