Artemis I

A new launch date was not immediately announced.

Initial findings from studies of space radiation measurements taken during NASA’s 2022 Artemis I lunar mission were published Sept. 18 in the journal Nature.

The firm, fixed-price multiple award task order contract becomes effective Oct. 1.

The rocket is intended for a September 2028 inaugural launch as part of the Artemis IV mission.

NASA developing communications systems to transmit video feeds of astronauts on the Moon during Artemis missions.

NASA suffered significant cost growth on some major programs even as the agency managed to get control over problems with some of its flagship efforts, GAO says.

Armenia has become the 43rd nation to sign the Artemis Accords developed by NASA and the U.S. State Department.

Rocket Lab has signed a preliminary memorandum of terms with the Department of Commerce for up to $23.9 million in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act.

NASA’s inspector general has identified a range of technical issues of concern that arose during the uncrewed 2022 Artemis I mission.

The effort is based on the prospect that lunar resources can be mined and processed into construction materials at a lower cost than launching them from Earth.

A NASA safety panel on Feb. 28 identified two issues that it is watching especially closely as the agency prepares for the Artemis II mission.

NASA has learned a number of lessons that have helped shape an evolving Moon-to-Mars Architecture strategy that underpins the agency’s Artemis program.

NASA intends to lead an internationally and commercially partnered effort to establish a sustainable human presence at the Moon and keep on going.

When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?

Test personnel at Stennis Space Center have successfully conducted the fourth in a second round of 12 ground test firings of the upgraded RS-25 rocket engine.

NASA is delaying its initial human lunar Artemis program missions, Artemis II and III, due to technical challenges related to crew safety.

In 2024, India and Boeing aim for low Earth orbit, while NASA eyes an excursion around the Moon.

NASA has announced research grants and cooperative agreements focused on studies into how plant and animal biological systems will respond to lunar regolith.

NASA has conducted the first of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System rocket.

NASA’s IG is calling for the agency to execute a more aggressive contract transition strategy as it works to reduce the cost of future SLS rocket production.

Ispace technologies U.S. has unveiled a redesigned Series 2 lunar lander renamed the APEX 1.0.

NASA officials have acknowledged the evolving Space Launch System rocket is unaffordable at current cost levels.

Three women astronaut candidates from 1978 observed the milestone and encouraged those from all backgrounds to follow their dreams.

Intuitive Machines is aiming for a Nov. 15 launch of the agency initiative’s first Artemis-era Moon landing.

NASA faces mounting urgency to control the cost of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket development and production, an agency inspector general’s audit says.