As its name suggests, Artemis 2 will be the second mission of NASA's Artemis program — but it's the first to fly a crew aboard Orion. An uncrewed Orion capsule launched on Artemis 1 in November 2022 ...
Images captured in late 2022 by the DART spacecraft — an experiment that tested asteroid-deflection technology — moments before it deliberately struck the asteroid moon Dimorp ...
The zodiacal light – so called because it appears within the same belt of constellations as the zodiac signs (and is a light) – looks like a huge ghostly pyramid in the sky, its vertical axis tilted ...
Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays ...
Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, produces auroras like Earth’s. New data from Juno reveals surprising details about its magnetic field.
Researchers have revealed stunning new details about the auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. This research, led by ...
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission has encountered another setback, likely delaying its March launch window. After a successful fueling test, ground teams discovered an issue with the helium flow to the ...
A failure in the helium flow of the SLS rocket has prompted NASA to delay the Artemis II moon mission. Rather than March 6, the launch is now targeted for April. NASA has once again postponed the ...
NASA is targeting March 6 for the launch of Artemis II, its first crewed mission around the Moon, following a "very smooth" second wet dress rehearsal that addressed earlier technical challenges. This ...
NASA is eyeing March 6 to launch four astronauts on a highly anticipated flight around the moon, agency officials announced Friday. The date was set after NASA completed an elaborate fueling test and ...
A botched Boeing Starliner test mission left two astronauts in space for nine months instead of the planned 10 days. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman criticized both Boeing and past NASA leadership ...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration leaders said the agency disregarded crew safety by pushing ahead with the failed Starliner mission in 2024, which waylaid astronauts for months at the ...