The Space Launch System - first-ever launch was captured by several cameras at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B and on ...

It’s the first time humans will be on board the Orion spacecraft, a version of which flew to the moon without crew on the ...

John Blevins, chief engineer for NASA's Space Launch System, was recently awarded the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, the highest honor a civilian federal employee can earn. Why it matters: ...

For Artemis II, Orion will not use a “skip” reentry method, which sees the capsule skim the atmosphere before committing to a full reentry. Instead, Wiseman explained that Orion will aim for a lofted ...

NASA is preparing for its April 2026 Artemis II 10-day mission that will send a crew of four around the moon to prepare for ...

There’s still more than a year’s worth of work to do on NASA’s future Artemis launch tower at Kennedy Space Center, but all ...

Meanwhile, the space launch system accounts for about $2.5 billion of the roughly $7.5 billion budgeted annually for the United States' deep space exploration program, according to NASA.

The Artemis II crew, comprising NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, have been training for the mission since ...

The Artemis I Space Launch System rocket mission at the Kennedy Space Center. (Gregg Newton/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) NASA engineers are still trying to resolve a problem with one of the ...

Lego NASA Artemis Space Launch System: $259.99 from Lego This faithful 3,601-piece recreation of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket comes with an Orion spacecraft and a mobile launch tower.

Early in the morning East Coast time on Nov. 16, NASA will launch the unmanned Artemis I test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.

NASA is set to launch the most powerful rocket in the world for a new space venture that will pave the way for a sustained presence on the moon and, eventually, human exploration to Mars and ...