A major change from the 25-day Artemis I mission in 2022 is the path the crew will take. Artemis II will use what NASA calls ...

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

Skygazers who look up at the moon tonight may be able to spot Saturn below it. Here's when and how to spot the conjunction.

The huge 1,600-mile (2,500-kilometer) wide expanse of the South Pole–Aitken Basin extends considerably onto the far side of ...

Europa’s subsurface ocean might be getting fed after all. Scientists found that salty, nutrient-rich surface ice can become ...

NASA is inviting the public to add their names to a historic lunar mission known as Artemis 2 that is due to launch between ...

Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts—and the historical keepsakes they’re bringing with them—will travel farther from Earth than any have ...

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 spacecraft’s heat shield.

The Artemis 2 mission will carry several pieces of history with it to the Moon when it is launched in February. There is a ...

Tiny tubes just one atom thick, long thought to be the product of high‑tech laboratories, have turned up in a scoop of dirt from the far side of the Moon. The discovery, made in lunar soil returned by ...

On Jan. 22, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 5, marking the first time the Apollo Lunar Module flew in space and a critical step toward landing astronauts on the Moon.