Unanimous vote in key risk assessment has moon mission crew barreling toward a new launch date

NASA has finished a crucial step toward getting its Artemis II moon mission off the ground, and is now targeting early April to send four astronauts on an unprecedented path.

NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger Didymos around the sun.

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket,
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NASA selects Vulcan Centaur 5 as a new SLS upper stage for Artemis missions

NASA has moved to replace the long-planned Exploration Upper Stage for its Space Launch System rocket with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur 5 upper stage, a shift that could reshape the Artemis lunar program’s trajectory for years to come.