NASA's 1st human moon mission in 50 years could be month out. What to know

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...
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Artemis 2 is NASA’s moon-first bet, and Mars is on pause

NASA is on the verge of sending astronauts back toward the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, and that ...

Defying Trump’s NASA proposal, Congress looks to maintain budget, including science, near current levels

Last year President Trump pitched a severe chop to NASA’s proposed annual budget for 2026, but the House and Senate on Monday ...

2026 will be the year NASA astronauts fly around the moon again — if all goes to plan

NASA’s plans to launch astronauts to the moon in early 2026. The Artemis II mission is expected to carry a crew around the ...
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NASA Practiced Next Year's Human Moon Launch, Stopped the Clock at T-Minus 30 Seconds

American space agency NASA conducted a full rehearsal of the launch day procedures for the Artemis II mission scheduled to ...
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Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes will wait a year in space before heading to Mars

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars may be dead

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which has orbited Mars since 2014, went quiet abruptly in early December. Efforts to reestablish a ...

Is NASA’s Artemis program safe? What’s next for Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
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Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...
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NASA’s Webb May Have Found A Planet Around The Closest Sun-Like Star

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This artist’s concept shows what the gas giant orbiting ...

NASA moves closer to finding alien life with 7 new tech partners

NASA has selected advanced technologies to power a future space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets and search ...
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NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...