Missions

NASA Astronaut Anil Menon to Discuss Upcoming Launch, Mission

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on April 23, 2026, to extend the deadline for phone RSVPs, as well as to correctly state that Anil Menon is a colonel in the United States Space Force. NASA will host a news conference at 1:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 29, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in […]

Posted April 22, 2026

Missions

Artemis

Artemis 2

Exploration Ground Systems

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA on Track for Future Missions with Initial Artemis II Assessments

Following NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully splashing down on Earth, engineers started diving into detailed analysis of data to assess how key systems and subsystems on the Orion spacecraft, SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, and systems at the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida performed.

Posted April 21, 2026

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Artemis 3

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage

Following the recent successful test flight of NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, NASA rolled out the core stage, or the largest section, of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027. The stage departed from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on […]

Posted April 20, 2026

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Artemis Accords

Missions

NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

The Republic of Latvia signed the Artemis Accords Monday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 62nd nation to commit to responsible space exploration for all humanity. “We are proud to welcome Latvia to the Artemis Accords,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

Posted April 20, 2026

Missions

Artemis

Artemis 3

Michoud Assembly Facility

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Invites Media to Rollout Event for Artemis III Moon Rocket Stage

NASA will roll the largest section of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, which will launch the second crewed Artemis mission, out of the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Monday, April 20. What’s called the top four-fifths of the SLS core stage – the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquid […]

Posted April 14, 2026

Artemis 2

Missions

Artemis II Splashes Down

This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA’s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II crew accomplished many milestones on their nearly 10-day mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record for farthest crewed spaceflight and capturing views of the far side of the Moon.

Posted April 11, 2026

Humans in Space

Artemis 2

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Missions

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth

The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT Friday off the coast […]

Posted April 11, 2026

Missions

Artemis

Artemis 2

Christina H. Koch

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

G. Reid Wiseman

Humans in Space

Victor J. Glover

NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions

Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 5:50 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 6, 2026, to update the times for lunar flyby activities. Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 1:40 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 5, 2026, to correct the time for the distance record, and adjust other times for lunar flyby activities. The […]

Posted April 4, 2026

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Artemis

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Humans in Space

Missions

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after successfully completing a key burn of Orion’s main engine. With the approximately six-minute firing of the spacecraft’s service module engine on Thursday, known as the translunar injection burn, Orion and its crew of […]

Posted April 3, 2026

Artemis

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

Missions

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission

Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT Wednesday, sending four astronauts aboard the […]

Posted April 2, 2026