Historically, the Saturn V remains the benchmark of human spaceflight. It’s 7.6 million pounds of thrust and 140-ton LEO ...

It doesn't matter how many people NASA's Space Launch System rocket eventually lands on the Moon. No matter whether it's 15 percent as estimated, 20, or even 30 percent more powerful than the Saturn V ...

As soon as the morning of 29 August, the largest rocket to ever fly will lift off from Nasa’s launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. The Artemis I mission, the first flight of Nasa’s ...

Artemis—the goddess of the hunt in Greek mythology—is the twin sister of Apollo, the god of the sun. But when it comes to their respective NASA programs, the difference between the two couldn’t be ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Nearly 50 years after the last moon mission, NASA has big plans to return. Now, they have the big rocket to match. The agency’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket made its ...

The next stop was a nearby building where the Launch Abort System was installed on the Orion spacecraft. The tower-like abort ...

Agency officials are eyeing a February 5 launch for the mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon, but can they actually stick to this aggressive timeline?

NASA's SLS rocket as it starts rolling out to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad. Credit: NASA / Ben Smegelsky When NASA blasted its colossal rocket to the moon in July 1969, the denizens of Earth ...

As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next week, the Artemis program prepares to follow in the footsteps of Apollo, which first carried humans to the Moon ...

Fifty years after the last astronaut left the moon, the United States is preparing to return to the lunar surface with the successful launch of Artemis I early Wednesday with a new rocket that is the ...