If asteroid 2024 YR4 hits the Moon, it could launch dust and small rocks into space, creating micrometeoroid debris in low Earth orbit.

The four astronauts set to climb aboard the first Orion spacecraft to fly humans have already given it a name.

The Earth and moon are within view of NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft on Nov. 28. 2022. The Earth is over 260,000 miles ...

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the ...

SLS is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of taking astronauts to destinations all over the solar system, including ...

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission around the moon could launch as soon as early February, as both agency officials and astronauts say ...

The launch of Artemis 2 was postponed from this year to 2026 after Artemis 1 Orion capsule's heat shield got charred more severely than expected during its journey back to Earth's atmosphere.

Before they head to the moon in 2026, the four Artemis 2 astronauts have to practice observing Earth's nearest neighbor.

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft captured Earth after completing a close flyby of the moon on Nov. 21, 2022. Earth was 229,000 miles (368,539 km) away at the time. NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft ...

Since its founding in 1958, NASA has stood as a symbol of American ingenuity and ambition. Coming of age in Cold War urgency, the agency made history by achieving what many believed was impossible: ...

The groundbreaking discovery points to the possibility of past life on Mars. A 3.5-billion-year old rock discovered on the Red Planet is "the closest we've come to discovering ancient life on Mars," ...