Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

Trump and Congress both support returning to the moon. A vibrant commercial space sector and a coalition of international ...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the moon as soon as possible, ...

Jared Isaacman has poured fuel on the new space race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, saying NASA will pick whichever lunar lander is ready first.

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

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Whichever company can produce a viable crew lander first will win the Artemis 3 contract, NASA’s new chief says.

The plan hinges on SpaceX being able to demonstrate that Starship can refuel in orbit. NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX now worth $4.4 billion to develop a lander capable of transporting humans to ...

In December 2025, a post on X (archived) claimed that "NASA just dropped the mother of all bombshells" and admitted "we didn't go to the moon." For years, some people have insisted that the 1969 moon ...