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NASA fired up an RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Oct. 21, 2026. It was a hot-fire test of developmental RS-25 engine No. 10001. The test was planned to last 500 seconds (8 minutes, 20 seconds), with the engine reaching up to 111% of its rated power level. The firing is part of ongoing testing to support NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will carry astronauts toward the moon on future Artemis missions. Four RS-25 engines power the core stage of each SLS rocket. Credit: NASA | edited by Space.com Hot Fire! NASA Tests Powerful...

SpaceX's Ship 40 is home. 78 days after it left the pad, the first Starship ever recovered from the ocean rolled through the gates of Starbase and is standing upright again, next to three brand-new ships in Mega Bay 2. SpaceX is already going through it, and I'll show you what they're looking for. NASA just published its Starship roadmap for the Moon, and the next ten weeks on that chart are packed with things SpaceX has never done. The FAA opened the paperwork for 456 Starship launches a year from Boca Chica. Texas was quietly discussing selling an entire...

Millions watched in awe earlier this year as NASA's Artemis II crew completed a daring trip around the moon – but it seems not everyone was convinced. A viral video has captured the painfully awkward moment a conspiracy theorist accosted the astronauts on Capitol Hill. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen were confronted by an aggressive man who accused them of faking the moon mission. 'Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,' the man shouted as he filmed himself approaching the crew. The befuddled crew simply stood in uncomfortable silence as the man berated...

Interesting back and forth with the press. Media quickly turned it to Ukraine. Seesh.

NASA has announced a major milestone in its Artemis program. On April 20, 2026, the agency will roll out the largest section of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the crucial launch vehicle for the Artemis III mission, which is set to carry astronauts on a historic lunar journey. This pivotal moment marks a significant leap in NASA's goal to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon, with the mission slated for 2027....The rollout of the rocket’s core stage, set for April 20, 2026, from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, marks the beginning of an exciting phase...

With the Artemis II mission successfully completed NASA has set itself a high bar to prepare Artemis III to fly next year, at least it's a high bar compared to the 3 years between flights 1 and 2. It has to assemble a rocket, decide on the mission and then make sure the other parts of the mission are ready for the flight. Scott Manley examines the logistical hurdles and critical milestones required to keep the Artemis program on schedule. The discussion explores the readiness of hardware, the competition between HLS providers, and the evolving mission plans for future lunar...

Eugene F. Kranz, the legendary NASA flight director who helped guide the Apollo program, says the newest views of the Moon and the Artemis II mission are hitting him on a personal level. In a one-on-one interview with the 13 Action News I-Team, Kranz, now 93 years old, described how the images from the Artemis II crew brought him right back to the era when the U.S. first made lunar history. He compares what NASA can see and do now versus what tools astronauts had during the Apollo area.

A really good “astronaut’s eye view “ of earth reentry. It’s pretty wild, as you would imagine.

Splashdown is scheduled to occur at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT / 00:07 UTC), live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith. Live: Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific after Moon mission | Spaceflight Now 454K subscribers | 31,373 watching now | Started streaming 2 hours ago

An apparently random occurrence aboard the Orion spacecraft quickly resulted in an “out of this world” ad campaign for the hazelnut cocoa spread Nutella. During a video clip posted by the crew of the Artemis II lunar mission — just moments before they broke the record, set by Apollo 13, for distance traveled from earth — a jar of Nutella floated across the cabin, tumbling end over end as it prominently displayed the label. “A jar of Nutella was seen floating through the Orion spacecraft approximately 4 minutes before the Artemis II crew made history as they passed the Apollo...

Lunar Starship (the Starship Human Landing System, or HLS, for NASA's Artemis program) is in active development but remains several years from its first crewed lunar landing. As of early April 2026, the program has made substantial progress on hardware testing and subsystem qualification, yet key challenges like in-orbit propellant transfer, long-duration flights, and an uncrewed lunar demonstration are still ahead—contributing to schedule delays. Current Status and Major Achievements SpaceX has completed 49 contractual milestones for the HLS contract with NASA (out of many total), with most achieved on or ahead of schedule. These cover: Life support and thermal control...

This is a news clip from Forbes Breaking News showing President Donald Trump on a phone call with the Artemis II crew. The crew—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen (Canada)—just completed their historic mission orbiting the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft "Integrity." It's the first crewed lunar orbit since Apollo. Key highlights from the call: Trump congratulates them on breaking distance records, being the first humans to view the Moon's far side up close from space, and inspiring the world. The astronauts describe unforgettable moments: seeing the Moon's cratered far side (no dark...

The toilet on board the Artemis II spacecraft has reportedly broken down again, leaving the four astronauts on board with no working bathroom on their return to Earth. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will reportedly now have to switch to a diaper-like alternative for the remainder of the trip back to Earth. The space agency later confirmed that the toilet was not working as the Artemis flight reached day six in their ten-day mission. NASA has previously said that in the event the space capsule's toilet stopped working, the astronauts would...

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Explanation: Why doesn't Artemis II land on the Moon? The main reason is that Artemis II is primarily a test mission designed to make a future Artemis missions -- which will land humans on the Moon -- better prepared. Similarly, NASA's Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 went right near the Moon as tests before Apollo 11 -- which landed. As the trajectory in the featured animated video shows, Artemis II will loop around both the Earth and the Moon before returning to the Earth about 10 days after launch. The Artemis II mission will take humans outside the Earth's magnetosphere...

A NASA video has sparked a firestorm online, with conspiracy theorists claiming it 'proves' Artemis II is staged. The crew gave a live interview to CNN over the weekend to discuss their journey to the moon while a plush toy named 'Rise' floated around the capsule as a zero-gravity indicator. The video in question, filmed from a television screen by a smartphone, appeared to show unusual visual distortions with fragmented white text, including partial letters such as 'TAN' and 'OW,' flickering across the toy's head and body. And some viewers quickly seized on it as supposed evidence of digital manipulation....

Astronauts on board Artemis II reported a mysterious burning smell coming from the $23 million advanced toilet system which previously malfunctioned after takeoff. “Regarding the smell, I just wanted to make sure you all were tracking the EGS notes of the kind of burning heater smell that was coming from toilet several times,” astronaut Chrisna Koch, who fixed the toilet on Thursday, radioed to mission control on Saturday, Space.com reported.

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. This and another photo of Earth are the first downlinked images from the Artemis II astronauts. See and hear what the astronauts do with our 24/7 feed. SNIP