KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA announced that it has repaired the helium flow issue that forced the U.S. space agency to roll the Artemis II moon rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building.

At a Beijing conference, China outlined its plan for a crewed Moon landing before 2030. The spacecraft and lander will launch separately and meet in lunar orbit. The lander will first make an uncrewed ...

China's manned moon landing plan uses two Long March 10 launches and lunar orbit rendezvous, with a 3-person crew and a ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — While giving an update on the Artemis II rocket and its repairs, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that the Artemis III mission will not be landing on the moon.

NASA has rebuilt Artemis III around a single bold test: CNN reports that the agency now plans a crewed demonstration in low Earth orbit in 2027, with three spacecraft flying on three different rockets ...

NASA will not make a decision on whether to use a SpaceX or Blue Origin moon lander until testing shows which one is the obvious choice.

With both solid rocket boosters fully stacked and all four RS-25 engines now installed on the Core Stage, NASA is preparing to mate the stage to the boosters and form the short stack that will roll to ...

As the late, great science fiction writer Robert Heinlein said, “Once you get to Earth orbit, you’re halfway to anywhere in the solar system.” ...

SpaceX's Starship completed its first full orbit on Flight 14, deploying 26 satellites before an engine issue cut the mission short.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the sky over South Texas early Monday. It was the 14th test flight of the world’s most powerful launch vehicle. This time, however, the rocket’s massive upper ...

Editor's Note: NASA's crewed spaceflight programs, from Mercury through Artemis, launch directors have played a central role in determining whether a rocket is ready to fly. The role carries immense ...

NASA’s Artemis II crew consisted of Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch. Charlie Blackwell-Thompson worked on shuttle launches for years and served as launch director for the ...