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Artemis 2 LIVE: Astronauts face critical moment today
Thursday, April 2, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch today.
Why is the Artemis 2 rocket launch different from all other rocket launches?
That's one small sip of Manischewitz…
NASA launches 4 astronauts to the moon on historic Artemis 2 voyage, a lunar leap for the 21st century
NASA launched its Artemis 2 mission today (April 1), sending astronauts toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Here's what the Artemis 2 astronauts will be doing on each day of NASA's historic moon mission
The crew's 10-day mission will be filled with science, spacecraft tests, medical checks, survival training and more.
'We are ready': NASA still on track to launch Artemis 2 astronauts to the moon April 1
NASA has a high degree of confidence that its historic Artemis 2 crewed moon mission will launch on time.
'An incredible privilege and responsibility': Artemis 2's Christina Koch is ready to become the 1st woman to fly around the moon
"We are firing on all cylinders."
Artemis 2 astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of NASA's historic launch around the moon
The Astronauts for NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly around the moon have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, just five days before their historic mission is scheduled to lift off.
Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.
NASA's lunar Gateway space station is out. Moon bases are in
NASA is honing its focus on future Artemis missions to land astronauts on the moon, removing the Gateway space station from its plans and prioritizing bases on the lunar surface.
Rocket Lab scores $190 million launch deal to test hypersonic tech for US military
Rocket Lab has inked a $190 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for 20 launches of the company's suborbital HASTE rocket.
NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket arrives back at the launch pad
NASA's SLS rocket is back at the launch pad as the space agency gears up to launch Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission around the moon next month.
Private South Korean rocket exploded last December due to hardware failure, investigation finds
The South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt, which sent five satellites aloft on Dec. 22 from Brazil.
NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on March 19
NASA plans to roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket to the pad on Thursday (March 19) and is still targeting April 1 for the launch of its first crewed mission to the moon in more than half a century.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here's how
Blue Origin and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are teaming up to design an asteroid-defense spacecraft that will deploy a variety of deflection technologies.
100 years after Robert Goddard's 1st liquid-fueled rocket launch, NASA is using the technology to send astronauts back to the moon
100 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, NASA is preparing a return to the moon with the Artemis program to extend humanity's reach into deep space.
NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1
NASA has completed the Artemis 2 flight readiness review and plans to launch the historic moon mission as soon as April 1.
NASA project leader blames next-generation X-ray telescope cancellation on agency mismanagement
NASA is canceling the AXIS X-ray space telescope mission concept, saying it failed to meet key requirements. But the project leader thinks there's another reason.
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the seventh time ever today (March 11), bouncing back from two explosive mishaps in 2025.
Could NASA use expandable habitats for its Artemis moon bases? These two companies are betting millions
Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a new multi-million-dollar investment aimed at accelerating development of expandable modules for future missions to the moon.
NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup
NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans for a standardized Space Launch System rocket.
SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says
It's often "about 4 weeks."
Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark
One of Europe's two Proba-3 spacecraft suffered an anomaly last month, putting the future of the solar eclipse-creating mission in doubt.
NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.
A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.
