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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.
NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does that mean for humanity's return to the moon?
In a major shakeup of the Artemis program, NASA is adding more missions to its timeline to land astronauts on the moon in 2028.
Firefly Aerospace prepares Alpha rocket for 1st launch since explosive mishaps last year
Firefly Aerospace is gearing up for the seventh liftoff of its Alpha rocket on March 1, after two explosive events in 2025 stalled development of the launch vehicle.
NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts won't land on the moon after all. 'This is just not the right pathway forward.'
NASA is changing its plans to return astronauts to the moon, and redrawing the architecture for how the Artemis missions will look moving forward.
US Space Force pauses national security launches on ULA Vulcan rocket due to booster glitch
The U.S. Space Force is putting an indefinite halt on all national security missions aboard United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur, following a repeat anomaly with the rocket's side boosters.
NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket returns to hangar for repairs. When could it fly?
NASA has returned its Artemis 2 moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where engineers can diagnose and repair an issue with the vehicle's upper stage.
NASA reveals the astronaut who required 1st medical evacuation from the International Space Station
It wasn't an emergency, but the issue required "immediate attention."
NASA just fueled up its Artemis 2 moon rocket in 2nd critical test. Was it a success? (It sure looked like it.)
NASA's second attempt to fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket appeared to go well on Thursday (Feb. 19), potentially keeping the mission on track to launch as soon as early March.
Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: 'Launch' countdown completed for moon rocket fueling test
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026: NASA carried out last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon.
SpaceX Crew-12 mission latest news: It's docking day for Dragon astronauts
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026: Updates on SpaceX and NASA's Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX launches Crew-12 astronauts to short-staffed International Space Station. 'We have left the Earth, but the Earth has not left us.'
SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-12 mission with a quartet of astronauts aboard Crew Dragon Freedom today (Feb. 13), bound for an eight-month stint on the International Space Station.