The California native is heading to Artemis II – and she’s not human. RISE, a beautiful model created by 8-year-old Lucas Ye, joins four astronauts aboard Artemis II, which will launch Wednesday at 6:24 pm ET, marking the first human mission to return to the moon in more than half a century. “I was so … Read more
Here’s what you’ll learn by reading this story: The Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) was launched in late 1998 and was predicted to reach Mars nine months later. But that didn’t happen. When the MCO approached Mars, it got too close and either burned up in the atmosphere or got lost in some other way. A … Read more
In central China, the Yangtze River is blocked by an engineering marvel so great that it does nothing but power or flood control. It changes the body the rotation of the planet. The Three Gorges Damcompleted in 2012, it is over 2,300 meters long and 185 meters high. Behind it is 40 cubic kilometers of … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A large solar flare from the sun does not pose a threat to the launch planned by NASA. The Work of Artemis 2 to the moon this week, the space agency said today. The X1.4 class explosion caused radio blackouts in parts of Asia and Australia when it erupted from the … Read more
From here on Earth, the Milky Way looks quiet. Yet at its center is Sagittarius A*, a black hole millions of times more massive than the Sun. It’s been quiet for a long time, but astronomers think the silence won’t last forever. New research suggests that this sleeping giant will reawaken when our galaxy collides … Read more
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been unveiled TOI-4616 ban Earth-sized planet orbiting a nearby M-dwarf star. Published in the March lecture on the preprint server arXivresearch reveals a rocky world that is just sitting 91.8 light years from Earth, providing a rare opportunity to study the closest terrestrial planet to the star system. … Read more
Artemis II crew members – mission specialist Christina Koch (left) and commander Reid Wiseman (right) – listen as pilot Victor Glover speaks to the media after landing at the Kennedy Space Center on March 27, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts’ planned 10-day mission will take them around the Moon and back to Earth. … Read more
NASA’s Crew 11 astronauts were about to enter the final month of their mission aboard the International Space Station when a member of their crew suddenly fell ill. The January incident led to NASA’s first evacuation from the ISS, and while the agency remained silent, a concerned member is now sharing his story. Crew 11 … Read more
The next US trip to the Moon is not about planting a flag. It is learning to live and work there. NASA has recently reorganized its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving from a race to the top and to a system built on repeatability, stable presence and lunar applications … Read more
March 30 (Reuters) – NASA’s Artemis program is a U.S. effort to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and establish a permanent human presence there, a goal Washington has framed as a way to maintain space leadership amid growing competition from China. Here are the highlights of the … Read more