The first Artemis mission, carried by NASA's new mega-rocket, the SLS (Space Launch System) — the most powerful launcher ever built — has been delayed yet again. This is the latest in a series ...

Years late and billions over budget, NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top. The 322-foot (98-metre) rocket will attempt to send an empty ...

The rocket travels at speeds of up to 20,000 miles (30,000km) an hour. Its job is to send crew capsules and other equipment on a 380,000km (240,000 mile) journey from Earth to the Moon.

NASA's new moon rocket, as seen from a marina on Florida's Merritt Island, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on Nov. 16. Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Technicians prepare a rocket piece for the Artemis 2 mission on Nov. 18, 2024.

It was a nail-biter, but NASA finally got the first rocket in its Artemis mission off the ground. The rocket lifted off at 1:47 a.m. ET, lighting up the early morning sky in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), with the Orion crew capsule, is seen on launch complex 39B after its launch on the Artemis 1 mission was delayed, at Cape ...

The Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System booster rocket sit, ready, at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B. After weathering Hurricane Nicole last week, Artemis 1 has been deemed ready for ...

NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B moments after the launch attampt was scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 Chris O'Meara/The Associated Press ...