Artemis program

An astrophotographer takes an epic composite image of Jupiter, NASA slams a spacecraft into an asteroid, and Hurricane Ian is monitored from space. These are some of this week's top stories.

See the latest news about NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission here.

NASA will now work toward getting Artemis 1 on its way to the moon between Nov. 12 and November 27.

The agency says an October launch is unlikely, but it won't "take anything off the table" after the storm comes through.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket left its launch pad for safety's sake last night (Sept. 26), only to encounter a bit of drama shortly after arriving at its designated shelter site.

Future lunar robots could fetch incredible science by borrowing from thousands of years of dog evolution. These companions can dig, jump and flip items over on the moon.

NASA officials will be discussing the rollback of Artemis 1 Tuesday (Sept. 27) to shelter from Hurricane Ian. The livestream starts at 2 p.m. EDT.

Artemis 1 departed for Kennedy Space Center's huge Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be safe from Hurricane Ian, should the storm's lash fall on Florida's Atlantic coast.

Artemis 1 will begin rolling back from the launch pad on Monday (Aug. 26) to seek out shelter in NASA's nearby Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida.

The growing strength of Tropical Storm Ian has forced NASA to call off its Artemis 1 moon rocket launch on Sept. 27 and prepare to leave the launch pad.

NASA continues to target Tuesday (Sept. 27) for the launch of Artemis 1 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, even though a big storm could head toward the Space Coast soon.

NASA will provide an update about its Artemis 1 moon mission today (Sept. 23) at 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT), and you can listen live.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket passed a critical fueling test Wednesday (Sept. 21), potentially keeping it on track for a planned Sept. 27 liftoff.

Technicians are scheduled to begin loading supercold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants into Artemis 1's Space Launch System megarocket today at 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT). Watch it live.

A fueling test of NASA's new megarocket on Sept. 21 could make or break the agency's hopes of launching the Artemis 1 moon mission on Sept. 27.

NASA's has not yet set a date for the launch of its Artemis 1 rocket, but you can watch online for free when it launches.

NASA is gearing up for a crucial fueling test of its Artemis 1 moon rocket on Wednesday (Sept. 21) that could keep the huge vehicle on track for a liftoff less than a week later.

NASA has asked private industry to submit proposals for crewed moon landers for its Artemis program. The agency has already tapped SpaceX's Starship as the first Artemis lander.

Astrobotic will pick up the reins on Masten's business, although it's unclear what will happen with the NASA moon mission Masten had been developing.

Toward the end of a major engine burn on Thursday evening (Sept. 8), CAPSTONE experienced an anomaly that put the probe in a protective "safe mode," mission team members said.