Fifty-seven years ago, three men hurtled toward Earth inside a ball of violet flame, moving faster than any humans before or ...

In 1965, North American Aviation was asked to design a rescue mission for astronauts stranded at the Moon or in lunar orbit.

As soon as April, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — NASA — will launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission ...

Modern lunar landings look “easy” on paper—until you try to do it without astronauts and a command module overhead. Recent U.S. attempts failed for very normal reasons: a propellant leak, then a ...

The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest ...

As we near Artemis II, we remember legendary NASA astronaut John Young, who grew up in College Park, walked on the moon and ...

Soon, four astronauts will launch on a mission to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The mission, called Artemis II, is the second mission — and first crewed mission — of ...

NASA's plans to launch the Artemis II into lunar orbit may get delayed again. The first moon mission involving humans since ...

Is an orbiting space station necessary to achieve lunar objectives, including scientific ones?

When NASA announced that private space company Axiom Space was awarded the task of building the next-generation spacesuit for the Artemis III mission, not many realized the level of difficulty in ...

On Artemis II, the agency will attempt to broaden Orion’s operational envelope by adding a flight crew, with assessments of the spacecraft’s environmental control, life support and astronaut ...