The Artemis II rocket and spacecraft rolled out from the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B on Saturday. The 11-million-pound Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion Spacecraft had to move just four miles,

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop for three months as it unleashed powerful space weather. By combining views from two spacecraft—one near Earth and one orbiting the Sun—researchers followed a massive active region as it grew,

NASA planetary science division director Louise Prockter conceded that the agency is "very unlikely" to recover its MAVEN Mars orbiter.

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which has orbited Mars since 2014, went quiet abruptly in early December. Efforts to reestablish a connection have been unsuccessful.

China’s first launches of 2026 send Yaogan spacecraft into unusual orbit, loft Guowang satellites  China conducted a pair of Long March rocket launches Tuesday, kicking off what is likely to be a record-breaking year for the country.

The U.S. space agency has fallen silent amid the federal government shutdown, but it's about to slingshot a pair of robotic spacecraft to Mars. The trajectory, which became necessary after two previous launch postponements, could prove useful when future ...

As lunar missions increase, scientists warn that spacecraft exhaust may contaminate sensitive regions of the moon faster than expected.

Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise yield clues about the origins of Earthly life, according to a recent study. The pollution could unfold rapidly regardless of a spacecraft's touchdown site;

This understanding changed when Dikerby and his team pointed XRISM toward a large gas cloud near the galactic center.