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A black and white image showing Curiosity's drill stuck in a flat rock.

A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA's Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days (video)

By Stefanie Waldek published

The rock is nicknamed "Atacama."

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Photos of the Artemis 2 rocket launch.

Artemis 2 moon launch brought nearly 350,000 people to Florida's Space Coast

By Elizabeth Howell published

About 346,000 U.S. visitors — roughly the equivalent of the population of Honolulu, Hawaii — came to Florida's Space Coast during the Artemis 2 launch campaign.

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A close-up of the heads side of a penny covered in Mars dust.

Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penny' on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Providing good luck to the first Martian to find it.

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Earth rises through the window from inside a spacecraft

NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. Here are our top picks

By Josh Dinner published

You could spend hours scrolling through the thousands of photos just released by NASA from the Artemis 2 moon mission.

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Graphic showing the the artemis accords logo above white text reading "the artemis accords", the surface of the moon is seen in the lower portion of the image and a distant Mars peeks out from the surface of the moon.

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

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illustrations of two different cylinder-shaped spacecraft on the surface of the moon

NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2028. Will SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander be ready in time?

By Andrew Jones published

After Artemis 2, NASA's moon return hinges on two unproven commercial landers, each of which faces major technical and timeline challenges.

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NASA astronaut Chris Williams photographed this fireball — likely caused by reentering orbital debris — from the International Space Station on April 27, 2026.

'It was quite a light show!' NASA astronaut spies dramatic fireball from the International Space Station (photos)

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Chris Williams photographed a fireball from above recently, capturing the stunning site from aboard the International Space Station.

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The Artemis 2 astronauts in Houston on April 11, 2026.

Artemis 2 astronauts get the star treatment after historic moon trip

By Josh Dinner published

They didn't get a parade, but they're certainly being paraded on the big networks.

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A man in a suit holds his hands apart, as if showing the long size of a subway sandwich. To the right, three people in blue flight jackets stand behind an old man at a desk.

Artemis 3 has been pushed to late 2027. Can NASA still land astronauts on the moon in 2028?

By Josh Dinner published

Artemis 3 slips to late 2027 as Starship and Blue Moon lag, delaying NASA’s lunar return timeline and jeopardizing a 2028 moon landing.

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the agency’s Artemis 2 mission arrives at the Kennedy Space Center Multi Payload Processing Facility in Florida on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

Welcome home! Artemis 2's Orion capsule returns to Florida after epic moon mission (photo)

By Mike Wall published

Artemis 2's Orion capsule has returned to its Florida launch site, just three weeks after carrying four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon's far side.

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