Artemis

NASA returning to Moon with most powerful, 32-storey tall rocket launch

Dubbed Artemis I, the mission brings the US a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo programme 50 years ago.

NASA postpones its Artemis mission, again

The Artemis 1 space mission hopes to test the Space Launch System rocket as well as the unmanned Orion capsule that sits atop it, in preparation for future Moon-bound journeys with humans aboard.

Next attempt at NASA Moon rocket launch unlikely this month

NASA’s new Moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit.

Fuel leak forces NASA to again postpone rocket launch to Moon

For the second time in five days, NASA has halted a planned attempt to launch the debut test flight of its giant, next-generation rocket, the first mission of the agency's moon-to-Mars Artemis programme.

NASA's rocket rolled out to launch pad ahead of Moon mission

For August 29 mission, called Artemis 1, the Orion capsule will launch atop the Space Launch System without any humans and orbit the Moon before returning to Earth for an ocean splashdown 42 days later.

Scientists for first time grow plants in soil from the Moon

The achievement heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds.

NASA to test 'most powerful rocket' for Artemis launch

NASA's $37 billion rocket system aims to return astronauts to Moon and establish a long-term lunar colony as a precursor to eventual human exploration of Mars.

Civilians among dozens killed in DRC fighting

At least 12 civilians and 38 rebels have died in four days of fighting in the country's northeast, where the army is battling the Allied Democratic Forces and an ethnic-based militia called CODECO.

NASA to launch Artemis mission, first step to return humans to the Moon

NASA plans to get humans back to the Moon again after testing its uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1 next year.

Unearthed: Zeus Temple gate in Turkey's ancient city of Magnesia

Archaeologists have been excavating Magnesia for decades. The ancient Greek city in Turkey’s Aydin province is home to two temples: one dedicated to Artemis, and the other, to Zeus.

SpaceX wins $2.9B NASA tender to take astronauts to moon

SpaceX beat Blue Origin and Dynetics to win the contract and become what NASA called its "most trusted private sector partner."