InterstellOr is already taking bookings for its planned suborbital flights and says it has attracted its first celebrity passenger, highlighting China's growing commercial space ambitions.

Before NASA can decide a rocket launch date for Artemis 2, the giant SLS rocket has to ace a critical fueling test known as a wet dress rehearsal.

Artemis II will flight-test Orion and the Space Launch System, introducing integrated spacecraft, rocket, and life-support systems designed for sustained human travel beyond low Earth orbit.

The Artemis II mission will set several notable human spaceflight records. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will travel farther from Earth than any human in history. They won’t land. That distinction will fall to the next mission in line in NASA’s Artemis program.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary of declaring independence, NASA's Artemis II mission will carry a host of mementos that reflect the nation's long tradition of exploration, innovation, and leadership in its official flight kit.

Human spaceflight has entered a phase where one company effectively controls the only operational ride to orbit for professional crews and most private passengers. SpaceX has turned what was once a fragile, government-run pipeline into a commercial service ...