The buzz is building for NASA’s Artemis II mission that will send four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. The highly anticipated endeavor will be the first crewed moon-bound flight since the final Apollo mission way back in 1972.

Four astronauts are on the verge of becoming the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era came to an end. As early as February, the crew of a mission known as Artemis 2 will board the U.S. space ...

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

A NASA research plane made a belly landing at Houston's Ellington Airport on Tuesday morning after a mechanical issue, the space agency said. According to Bethany Stevens, NASA's press secretary, all crew members are safe after a WB-57 made a gear-up landing, meaning its landing gear was not fully deployed.

Learn how NASA’s satellite fleet helps provide weather Information for the missions on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Explore NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the giant garage where spacecraft are assembled.