Artemis II lunar flyby: All key moments
The Artemis II crew concluded a historic seven-hour flyby of the far side of the moon on April 6, 2026. …
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Artemis II crew witnesses Earthset, solar eclipse during lunar flyby
On April 6, the Artemis II crew completed the first lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972, passing only about …
Artemis II crew names a lunar crater after commander’s late wife
The Artemis II crew has proposed naming a newly identified crater “Carroll” in honor of mission commander Reid Wiseman’s late …
When will NASA’s Artemis II mission launch and who will be the crew?
NASA’s first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 2026. The …
Juno spacecraft measures thickness of Europa’s ice shell
Using data from the Juno spacecraft’s Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have measured that Europa’s …
Which rocket will be used for NASA’s Artemis II mission?
NASA’s new heavy-lift SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will launch the Artemis II crewed moon mission. It is currently the …
Astronomers discover 128 new moons of Saturn
A team of astronomers led by Dr. Edward Ashton, a researcher at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Taiwan, …
NASA instrument arrives at ISS to demonstrate quantum entanglement
NASA’s SEAQUE (Space Entanglement and Annealing Quantum Experiment) instrument has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on November 5 …
Brilliant fireball lights up the skies over Lake Erie on October 21
A brilliant fireball lights up the skies over Lake Erie on the evening of October 21, 2024, at around 7 …
SpaceX catches mammoth Starship booster rocket on its 5th test flight
Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has caught the lower part of Starship (called the Super Heavy booster rocket) for the first …