Shortly after NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived to Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, engineers began preparations ...

From the first Mercury missions to today’s commercial crew flights, the United States has repeatedly turned to Florida’s Atlantic coast when it is time to light a rocket. That choice is not an ...

After rollout is complete, NASA will conduct a number of checkouts with Artemis 2's SLS and Orion. One of the most important ...

NASA could be sending a crew on the Orion spacecraft out past the moon in less than a month if everything falls into place. But first the agency has to get its rocket to the launch pad. That could as ...

According to NASA, the process can take up to 12 hours.

Florida's Space Coast just hosted a record-shattering 109 orbital rocket launches during 2025, soaring beyond all previous annual records. Will this year's final total surpass that lofty sum from Cape ...

Space agency is making final preparations for what will be the first crewed mission beyond Earth orbit in more than half a ...

Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S.

NASA announced that the earliest launch window for Artemis II is Feb. 6, 2026, with 12 more possible dates available from ...

Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — remains the reigning rocket launch capital of the world. Last year ushered in a new annual record ...