(Orion rode atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket on that uncrewed test flight.) Artemis 1 will also be the first mission for NASA's Artemis program, which aims to establish a long ...

Here’s how it works. Update for 2 am ET: NASA successfully launched the Artemis 1 moon mission on the first Space Launch System rocket at 1:47 am EST (0647 GMT) in a stunning success.

NASA managers have given the Space Launch ... forward with the first launch of the massive 322-foot-tall rocket. Artemis 1 Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said the launch “call ...

The primary goal of the Artemis 1 mission is to send Orion to ... "She is an incredible rocket," Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA's first female launch director, told CBS News.

The next phase of testing is set to begin for NASA's crewed Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon, the ...

NASA Kennedy Space Center camera captures amazing lightning strikes near the Artemis 1 moon rocket. Credit: NASA Kennedy ...

The four Artemis II astronauts will participate in countdown demonstration tests. They will practice suiting up, entering the ...

America's space dominance has been built largely in Louisiana and Mississippi. But the current budget could mean cuts for the ...

For NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket, the fourth time may be the charm. On Monday, the rocket completed two days of tests, including simulated countdowns and fueling—the first practice run after ...

Nasa's Artemis 1 mission is a 25-and-a-half day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back. Photograph: Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images A time exposure shows the path of the Artemis I rocket as ...

Watch the massive Artemis 1 moon rocket arriving at Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta Music ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget looks to end the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Gateway space station that are central to NASA’s existing Artemis program — ...