Now that the Artemis II astronauts are safely home from their moon mission, NASA is investigating how well its spacecraft's heat shield protected the crew during their return.

The crew were about 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometres) from Earth and were quickly closing in on the moon.

Scientists have identified a massive new impact crater on the Moon, an event researchers say is so rare it is expected to occur only once in more than a century. The discovery was made during a routine review of images captured by NASA’s Lunar ...

The "Pink Moon" will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—Three Americans and one Canadian launched into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast on Wednesday, flying the most powerful rocket ridden by humans on the first leg of a nine-day voyage around the Moon. Perched atop the 322-foot ...

Back to the moon — sort of. Next month, as soon as April 1, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, officials announced last week, and carry four astronauts into orbit around the moon. At one level, that isn’t very impressive: Artemis is just ...

NASA’s Moon program is undergoing a major revamp under the agency’s new leadership, and the lunar surface may be a busy place come next year. Jared Isaacman recently revealed an ambitious plan to land missions on the Moon once every month in 2027, the ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - NASA announced on Tuesday it has canceled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20 billion base on the moon's surface, while also planning to send a ...

If anyone can offer advice to the four NASA astronauts slated to launch Wednesday on a trip around the moon, it’s Harrison Schmitt. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Schmitt, 90, left his ...