Space Exploration

On Friday NASA laid out the time line for Artemis II, humanity’s first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years

On Thursday NASA chief Jared Isaacman said the experience of the returned Crew-11 will be used to prepare for future human spaceflight—including to the moon

The four members of Crew-11 are on their way back to Earth after one of them became unwell with an unknown condition

NASA astronaut and ISS leader Mike Fincke transferred station command to a Russian cosmonaut ahead of an unprecedented medical evacuation

Four ISS crew members are set to touch down on Thursday after NASA announced the first medical evacuation in the space station’s history

NASA crews go through extensive training and have access to supplies to treat medical issues, from dental problems and migraines to heart attacks, while they are in orbit

NASA on Thursday announced it would take the extraordinary step of bringing four crewmembers back to Earth from the space station before their official mission end

NASA may bring some of the ISS’s crew home earlier than planned after one member experienced a medical issue just hours before two astronauts were due to complete a space walk outside the station on Wednesday

Lawmakers aim to support science research despite cuts proposed by the Trump administration

From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of fully reusable rockets and launches of new orbital telescopes studying the outer limits of the cosmos, 2026 should be a banner year for space science and exploration

The proposed Russian Orbital Station will stick to a familiar path instead of an ambitious polar orbit

SpaceX is mulling an IPO in 2026. Here’s how that could affect its work with NASA and the push to put humans on Mars