Astronaut stories mix real engineering with bold imagination, which is why they never stop pulling viewers back to the launchpad. From mission logs that stick close to documented history to voyages ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is expected to launch no earlier than Feb. 5, during a window open several days each month through April 2026. Artemis 2 will send three NASA astronauts and one Canadian Space ...

NASA announced the four astronauts that will join the next Artemis mission — a test flight vital to putting astronauts back ...

In order to reach the moon’s surface, astronauts will have to complete such a move while in lunar orbit. But for Artemis III, NASA is aiming to test the maneuver much closer to home, sticking to ...

At 10:18 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, Expedition 74 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev suited up and stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) for a spacewalk ...

The dust is settling on the fly-by of the Moon of Artemis-2, and NASA is planning to take a big step this week toward the launch of the next missions, called Artemis-3. These new Moon flights begin ...

The Artemis II astronauts have left the moon's sphere of influence and are now speeding back under Earth's gravitational force on Flight Day 8 of 10. A Friday splash down will welcome the crew back in ...

Americans’ opinion of space exploration is pretty high. In an Ipsos poll conducted last week just after the launch of Artemis II, US adults say, 62% to 34%, that the benefits of NASA sending people ...

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Editor’s note: This story was originally published on April 6, 2023, and was updated on Jan. 29, 2026, to reflect the latest developments in the Artemis program. With the success of NASA’s uncrewed ...

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