20 Years of Planning, Effort Ready to Culminate in Return to the Moon
The Artemis program, while relatively young, incorporates elements that have had long and winding development histories, which is reflected in the evolution of its earliest mission plans over time.
Rollout Brings the Dawn of Artemis II
Early Saturday morning, NASA rolled out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft that will send humans back to the Moon for the first time in 54 years.
Update: Crew-11 Makes Safe Return to Earth
NASA’s Crew-11 mission splashed down safely off the coast of California at 3:41 AM Eastern time early Thursday morning, one
NASA Crew-11 Will Return Early Due to Medical Situation
NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station will make an unprecedented early return to Earth due to a medical situation involving one of the four astronauts.
NASA Crew-11 Will Return Early Due to Medical Situation
NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station will make an unprecedented early return to Earth due to a medical situation involving one of the four astronauts.
A Rare Orbital Electron from Wallops
Rocket Lab’s Electron made a rare orbital flight out of Wallops Island, Virginia on December 18, 2025, lifting off just
Atlas V Leo 4 Turns the Page
From Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V leapt into
Sugars Essential to Life Discovered on Bennu
On December 2nd, 2025, a team led by researchers at Tohoku University in Japan announced the identification of Ribose, Glucose, and other sugars in a sample of the asteroid Bennu returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2023.
Soyuz Pad Apparently Damaged After Successful Launch
Following the launch of the Soyuz MS-28 mission to the International Space Station this morning, the Soyuz launch complex, Site 31, appears to have sustained damage.
ESA Lays Out Ambitious Vision Ahead of New Budget Decision
The 2025 meeting of the ESA Council at the Ministerial Level (CM25) will begin on November 26th at 13:30 CET.
Atlas V delivers ViaSat-3 F2
At 10:04 PM Eastern Time on the night of November 13th, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 out of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying the ViaSat-3 F2 spacecraft into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
New Glenn Aces Second Flight
Blue Origin saw a resounding success on the second flight of their mammoth New Glenn launch vehicle Thursday, successfully placing NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft on a trajectory toward deep space.
HTV-X Arrives at ISS For the First Time
After its launch from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center on October 26th at 9:00 AM JST, Japan’s HTV-X1 resupply mission arrived at the ISS, where it was berthed at roughly 1:00 AM JST on October 30th.
Sunset on V2: The End of an Era at Starbase
On Monday, October 13th, 2025 at 6:15pm Booster 15-2 and Ship 38 lifted off from Launch Pad 1 at SpaceX’s Starbase, Texas launch facility and closing out the V1/V2 chapter of the Starship program.
Solar and Space Weather Missions Ready for Launch
NASA’s IMAP mission is set to launch on September 24, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This launch brings 3 separate missions to the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange point: IMAP, the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s SWFO-L1.
ISS Operations Continue with New Cargo and Crews
NASA’s flagship laboratory, the International Space Station (ISS), has returned to a period of normalcy, but as the facility approaches its third decade of operation – considerable shakeups and changes are expected as the space agencies responsible face an uncertain future.