NASA is on the verge of sending astronauts back toward the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, and that choice is reshaping the rest of its exploration agenda. With Artemis 2 poised to fly before any new human mission to Mars is seriously funded,

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and competition with China, the program's first crewed flight around the moon will mark a definitive turning point. In 2026, humanity isn't just planning to return to lunar space — it's actually going.

Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.

ROCKET WATCHERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WESH TWO. AND WE’RE JUST ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AWAY FROM THE NEXT MISSION TO THE MOON. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? ARTEMIS TWO CREW, WHO YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, WILL BLAST OFF NEXT APRIL TO ORBIT THE MOON AND GET AMERICA ONE STEP ...

NASA plans to send four astronauts on a mission to circumnavigate the moon, the first human lunar mission in over 50 years. SpaceX is expected to debut a new version of its Starship megarocket and continue developing it for future moon and Mars missions.

"It’s amazing to think that this thing I have been working on in various capacities for the last eight years is about to send four astronauts around the moon for the first time in a half-century.”

In one way or another, the Lunar Gateway has lingered around the periphery of NASA’s human exploration program since the Obama administration. Back then, the elements that eventually coalesced into the Gateway were geared toward a nebulous initiative to ...