For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts are again training to fly around the moon, not as a distant dream but as a concrete mission with hardware on the pad and dates on the calendar.

Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking vistas of other worlds, and a multitude of breakthroughs and setbacks. 2026 is shaping up to be another thrilling year in the cosmos.

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 50+ years and paving the way for future crewed lunar landings. Are you ready for NASA’s most significant human spaceflight in a generation?

NASA's Artemis campaign is the agency's ambitious campaign to return Americans to the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Starship, the approximately 400-foot megarocket that SpaceX is testing for future spaceflight, is due to ...

A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity's exploration efforts expand.