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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Sunday, April 3, 2022, as the Artemis I launch team conducts the wet dress rehearsal test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates

By Tariq Malik published

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

NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System megarocket and Orion capsule on their Florida launchpad under a blue sky.

Watch NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket roll back to the launch pad

By Tariq Malik published

You can watch NASA's Artemis 1 SLS megarocket roll to the launch pad for a moon mission at 3 p.m. EDT on Aug. 16.

Artist's illustration of the Orion module orbiting the moon.

Artemis 1: The first step in returning astronauts to the moon

By Colin Stuart published

Reference Artemis 1 is the first stage of the Artemis program designed to return astronauts to the moon. The uncrewed mission will travel to the moon and back.

NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion space capsule atop inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.

Pictures from space! Our image of the day

By Space.com Staff published

NASA's Space Launch System rocket captured inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its roll out to the launch pad.

photo of massive rocket stage

NASA film traces Artemis 1 rocket's 'Path to the Pad' as mission stack rolls out today

By Jeff Spry published

A new NASA video "Path to the Pad: The Rocket" details the awesome might of the SLS megarocket.

NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System moon rocket emerging from the massive Vehicle Assembly Building at night under bright lights.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket faces final test before rolling out for launch

By Andrew Jones published

Engineers are testing a system designed to destroy NASA's massive Space Launch System moon rocket in case of a launch emergency.

SpaceX's Starship SN24 rocket test-fires two Raptor engines at sunset in Boca Chica, Texas on Aug. 9, 2022.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Elizabeth Howell published

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

u.s. vice president kamela harris giving a speech at a podium

VP Kamala Harris pledges new 'rules framework' for commercial space

By Elizabeth Howell published

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, also the chair of the National Space Council, says the 'outdated' rules governing commercial space will be addressed starting Sept. 9.

A dust plume from the Sahara Desert swirls over the Atlantic Ocean in this photo taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on July 26, 2022.

NASA satellite captures Sahara Desert dust plume over the Atlantic Ocean

By Stefanie Waldek published

NASA's Aqua satellite photographed plumes of dust being drawn from Africa's Sahara Desert and sent across the Atlantic towards the United States and the Caribbean.

robotic arm on mars above digging marks

Equatorial Mars is surprisingly dry, NASA's InSight lander finds

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's InSight Mars lander has discovered little evidence of underground water at its site, but scientists are urging more research before drawing firm conclusions.

The public can now pre-order the U.S. Postal Service's new James Webb Space Telescope stamp to be released on Sept. 8.

US Postal Service begins orders for Webb Space Telescope stamp

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The United States Postal Service is giving the public a month to get ready for the release of its James Webb Space Telescope stamp. The Forever stamp is available for pre-order from the USPS website.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in its deployed form as seen in an artist's illustration.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates

By Space.com Staff published

Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

A multispectral satellite images of an artillery battalion actively firing in a southeasterly direction on March 11, 2022 as seen by the WorldView-2 satellite for Maxar Technologies.

Ukraine invasion's impacts on space exploration: Live updates

By Space.com Staff published

The Russia-Ukraine war has already stretched into space, with satellites providing internet and intel and longstanding international relations in outer space shifting rapidly.

President Joe Biden signs the CHIPS Act into law on Aug. 9, 2022.

President Biden signs CHIPS Act, approving International Space Station extension to 2030

By Mike Wall published

Today (Aug. 9), President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS Act, which includes a NASA authorization bill — the first one to pass Congress in five years.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket undergoes a crucial fueling test on June 20, 2022.

Celebrate NASA's Artemis 1 mission by sharing your 'moon snaps'

By Mike Wall published

NASA is asking people to share their "moon snaps" to celebrate Artemis 1, which is scheduled to launch on an uncrewed mission around the moon no earlier than Aug. 29.

gateway space station in front of moon

Watch NASA's next-generation lunar Gateway space station build up in concept video

By Elizabeth Howell published

A new NASA video shows how the Gateway space station will put together modules to support Artemis astronauts during their sorties on the lunar surface.

Artist's impression of two spacesuited astronauts working on the moon.

NASA opens up Artemis moon missions to all astronauts

By Elizabeth Howell published

The first agency assignments, for Artemis 2, should be announced later in 2022.

An artist's depiction of what the Artemis 1 launch will look like.

Artemis 1 moon mission launch ticket sales crashed website: report

By Elizabeth Howell published

Ticket sales for NASA's next moonbound launch briefly overwhelmed the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's website, but officials quickly addressed it.

This image of Perseverance’s backshell sitting upright on the surface of Jezero Crater was collected from an altitude of 26 feet (8 meters) by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 26th flight at Mars on April 19, 2022.

Perseverance Mars rover photographs its own landing debris

By Stefanie Waldek published

As the Mars rover traverses the planet, it's come across pieces of its entry, landing, and descent hardware.

Artemis 1 rocket beside Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket to roll out Aug. 18 for lunar launch

By Elizabeth Howell published

All systems are go so far to roll out the Artemis 1 rocket to the launch pad for a planned liftoff on Aug. 29.