An image of Earth taken by Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman shortly after the Orion translunar injection burn April 2. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman WASHINGTON — A day after lighting its engine to head to ...

The moon will officially turn full at 10:13 p.m. EDT. This moment corresponds to 7:13 p.m. PDT locally. Observers will notice the moon rising in eastern skies. The best views occur shortly after ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission is only the tip of the space agency’s lunar-exploration spear: planning for a plethora of ...

China achieved a major breakthrough by solving the communication barrier with the far side of the Moon using a relay satellite This innovation allowed scientists to explore a completely hidden lunar ...

It has also been a mission of superlatives. With Artemis II, humans have now traveled farther from Earth than ever before, captured images of a total solar eclipse from space, seen parts of the far ...

More than 50 years after humans first flew around the Moon, Artemis astronauts will repeat the feat on Monday and use the most basic instrument to study it: their eyes. Despite the technological ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In its earliest form, a U.S. moon base would begin with robotic landers, power units, communications gear, and uncrewed ...

Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the area near the moon's south pole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...

WASHINGTON – The Artemis II astronauts have taken in sights of the Moon never before seen by human eyes, crew members reported on April 5 as their spacecraft crossed the two-thirds mark on their ...

A mouse study found that paternal nicotine exposure was associated with sex-specific metabolic changes in offspring — female offspring had lower fasting glucose and insulin levels with enhanced ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — As Artemis II sends humans farther away from Earth than ever before, future lunar astronauts will be using Colorado’s mountains as a moon lander flight training course. In the works ...