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NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission crew teaser with four astronauts in spacesuits.

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates

By Tariq Malik, Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, a mission specialist for the Artemis 2 moon mission, signs her name to the Orion spacecraft stage adapter for NASA's Space Launch System rocket on Nov. 27, 2023.

Artemis 2 moon astronauts autograph their own rocket 1 year before launch

By Elizabeth Howell published

Just one year before flying around the moon, the Artemis 2 astronauts autographed a part of the massive lunar rocket that will send them aloft in late 2024.

a window view of earth. at right is a soyuz spacecraft. in the center are black socks near the window, with turkey feet on them

NASA astronaut celebrates Thanksgiving on ISS with turkey socks, Earth views

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara received new turkey socks for U.S. Thanksgiving on the International Space Station. Amid eating good food in orbit, she shared space views of her new duds.

A half Earth rising above the moon

Inside 'Earthrise': A historian's take on the origins of the Apollo 8 'image of the century'

By Robert Poole published

The impact of Apollo 8's "Earthrise" picture – the sight of the Earth from the moon – now seems even greater than that of the first landing.

two astronauts in blue flight suits pose in front of the Canadian flag

Canada assigns astronauts to launch on Boeing's Starliner, back up Artemis 2 moon mission

By Elizabeth Howell published

The Canadian Space Agency announced 2 new spaceflights for its astronauts on Wednesday (Nov. 22), following a historic moon assignment earlier this year.

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NASA's Psyche spacecraft just fired a laser 10 million miles away in deep space

By Rahul Rao published

The Psyche spacecraft just fired a laser on its way to a metal asteroiod, in a test that could help speed up science transmissions across the solar system.

an astronaut in a spacesuit. you can see his gloved hands taking a picture in the reflection from his helmet. also in the reflection is earth and a strut of the international space station

Canadian Space Agency will announce new astronaut assignments today (Nov. 22). Here's how to watch it live.

By Elizabeth Howell published

The Canadian Space Agency will announce new astronaut assignments on Nov. 22, just 6 months after astronaut Jeremy Hansen received a moon mission for Artemis 2.

tom hanks with four astronauts, two on either side. all are standing and smiling. the astronauts wear blue flight suits. tom hanks is in black. behind is a cone-shaped spacecraft simulator with oval windows

Tom Hanks visits Artemis 2 moon astronauts and NASA Mission Control

By Elizabeth Howell published

'Apollo 13' actor Tom Hanks, who flew to the moon on film in 1995, just went to NASA in Houston. There, he visited the four Artemis 2 astronauts who will make the journey for real.

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NASA astronaut sees her parents' birth country from space. 'This may be the closest I will ever get'

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli recently saw Iran from the International Space Station. Her parents fled the country in 1979 and she has been unable to visit it during her lifetime.

A purple, blue and other brightly colored view of the Galactic Center.

Listen to a symphony for the Milky Way, made from real NASA data (video)

By Monisha Ravisetti published

NASA's sonification project has done it again, this time turning the Galactic Center into a perfectly dissonant symphony.

a huge rocket blasts off above a plume of fire

NASA chief congratulates SpaceX on Starship's explosive 2nd launch test

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's Starship notched a number of milestones on its second-ever test flight today (Nov. 18), drawing praise from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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Lost astronaut tool bag from ISS shines in new telescope image (photo)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Astronauts on the International Space Station harmlessly lost a tool bag during a spacewalk on Nov. 1. A new telescope image from Rome shows the stray bag shining among the stars.

illustration of a square, silver and blue satellite in orbit, with earth in the background.

NASA and Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite as soon as 2024. Why?

By Ben Turner published

The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024.

a rocket with four engines on top of a large construction structure. the logo for artemis is on the left (on a wall) and the meatball logo of nasa is on the right (on a curtain to the side of the rocket)

1 year after Artemis 1 launch, NASA readies Artemis 2 to shoot for the moon again (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Artemis 1 launched on Nov. 16, 2022. One year later, NASA is readying the follow-up Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon.

illustration of a silver-white space station with the curve of earth in the background.

White House lays out possible rules for private space stations and more

By Mike Wall published

The National Space Council has released a draft bill that would split the regulation of novel space activities between two departments: Transportation and Commerce.

Still from an animation that simulates the last half-minute of a spacecraft's lunar descent before engine cutoff. The fluctuating radial patterns show the intensity of predicted shear stress, or lateral force exerted by the spacecraft across the surface, as it descends. Lower shear stress is represented in dark purple and higher shear stress is represented in yellow.

NASA supercomputers show how Apollo 12 landing kicked up moon dust (video)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA has simulated the environmental effects of landing on the lunar surface as the space agency prepares to send astronauts back to the moon on its upcoming Artemis missions.

two silver arches intersect perpandicularly, with rods shooting out from each's underside, connecting to a silver sphere suspended in the middle

DART asteroid-smashing team and record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson honored for impact on space science

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team have been awarded this year's Michael Collins Trophy for their achievements in space.

A white and black SpaceX Dragon CRS-29 docks in space with blue Earth blue

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docks at ISS with laser experiment and more (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station early Saturday (Nov. 11) carrying tons of fresh supplies for the orbiting lab's astronaut crew.

a T-shaped space station floats above Earth

International Space Station dodges orbital debris hours before SpaceX cargo ship's arrival: report

By Elizabeth Howell published

The International Space Station moved away from space debris on Friday (Nov. 10), Russian space officials said, hours before a SpaceX cargo ship aims to arrive.

Half of Jupiter is seen rising like an orb from image bottom from the Juno spacecraft Sep. 7, with intricate stripes of different colored gasses striping the atmosphere

Jupiter's winds whip around in 'cylindrical' form, NASA's Juno probe discovers

By Robert Lea published

NASA's Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter's winds whip around the planet's turbulent atmosphere cylindrically.