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NASA is dealing with a host of safety and technical issues related to the spacecraft that will fly astronauts to the Moon, forcing it to postpone two Artemis missions as it tries to resolve a number of logistical challenges.During a press conference on Tuesday, NASA announced that it is now targeting September 2025 for the launch of its Artemis 2 mission (which was originally scheduled for November 2024) and subsequently

NASA has onboarded another integral partner to its lunar plans by striking a deal with the United Arab Emirates to build part of its lunar Gateway space station and send one of the Arab country’s astronauts on a future Artemis mission. The deal with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announced Sunday means the UAE will be responsible for providing the Crew and Science Airlock module to the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX may not have had a moonbound rocket on the pad, but it did manage its second launch of the year from the Space Coast on

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX may not have had a moonbound rocket on the pad, but it did manage its second launch of the year from the Space Coast on Sunday afternoon. United Launch Alliance, which is targeting the moon, was set to lift off with its first launch of the year about nine hours later. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 more of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites carved up the dying blue skies ...

This year promises to be an exciting one for fans of rocket technology. Here are some of the notable launches to look out for over the coming months.

Christina Koch, who will become the first woman to go to the moon with the Artemis II mission, on what space smells like, why it is difficult to return to Earth and how astronauts play human bowling

The Peregrine moon lander encountered an anomaly that prevented it "from achieving a stable sun-pointing orientation," aerospace company Astrobotic said.

The UAE is designing an airlock for the Lunar Gateway, further cementing its role in NASA's Artemis program.

NASA has onboarded another integral partner to its lunar plans by striking a deal with the United Arab Emirates.

NASA has onboarded another integral partner to its lunar plans by striking a deal with the United Arab Emirates.