NASA hopes to launch a new mission to the moon in the coming months

Forty years ago today, disaster struck NASA’s human spaceflight program when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after blastoff, killing all seven people onboard. The tragedy nearly brought the shuttle program to an early end.

NASA’s second SLS heavy-lift rocket, topped with an Orion deep-space capsule, was rolled out to the launchpad Jan. 17, setting the stage for the wet dress rehearsal and launch of the first crewed flight into deep space in more than 50 years.

NASA has awarded Bastion Technologies a potential $400 million contract to provide safety and mission assurance services for the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center and other facilities. The Safety and Mission Assurance II contract is a performance ...

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is getting ready to send four astronauts from Earth on a journey around the Moon in 2026. Engineers have upgraded the agency’s Moon SLS rocket inside and out after the Artemis 1 launch. SLS flew a good ...

The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. They will fly in a

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NASA gets ready for its first crewed lunar mission since Apollo: Artemis II. Carrying four astronauts in the Orion capsule aboard the SLS rocket, the mission will evaluate spacecraft systems while confronting lingering hazards such as heat shield performance during reentry.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has turned to blockchain technology to enhance air travel safety and security. NASA is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and space exploration.