Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?

In contrast to the Apollo program's singular push to the Moon, with modules for an entire mission all stacked atop a single ...

Though it isn't expected to launch until 2026 at the earliest, NASA is quietly preparing its SLS rocket for the Artemis II ...

While the puzzle pieces have been laid out over the last two years, a picture is beginning to form for NASA’s pursuit of the ...

One possibility is that the Space Launch System rocket could be scrapped, with commercial rockets used to fly the Artemis missions.

Artemis missions use the SLS as a launch rocket for the Orion spacecraft, which carries astronauts. Introduced in 2011, the SLS, larger and more powerful than the Saturn V rockets that took Apollo ...

On top of that, the rocket's launch vehicle, NASA's heavy-lift Space Launch System, also performed near-flawlessly on its first flight, known as Artemis I. However, once NASA engineers got a ...

NASA this week showed off the progress of the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket to journalists, bringing out the crew and saying the rocket was ready to be stacked. On Monday ...

Previous delays arose over redesigns of life support systems and modifications to rocket engines. "We have made significant progress on the Artemis campaign over the past four years, and I'm proud ...

NASA has pushed its first two crewed Artemis moon missions back to 2026 and 2027, and the move could have big ramifications.