Artemis III

NASA has selected 10 candidates from more than 8,000 applicants to begin two years of primary astronaut training.

Recent remarks by NASA’s acting administrator help define his commitment to keeping the U.S. ahead in space by returning Artemis astronauts to the Moon ahead of China and leading the way to the human exploration of Mars.

As NASA closes in on the liftoff of its first Artemis mission to the Moon with astronauts, the agency is prepping for its second year-long simulation of life on the red planet.

The testing is part of the evaluation of the spacesuit's performance for the Artemis III mission, the first post-Apollo Moon landing with astronauts, currently planned for mid-2027.

KBR Wyle will acquire support services for several human health programs managed primarily at JSC, including the Artemis lunar initiative.

New remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy point to the U.S. government turning its focus back to the Moon and the mission to colonize it.

Crowdsourcer HeroX and NASA are holding an upcoming “Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge."

NASA is nearing the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2026 with continuing uncertainty.

Axiom Space is partnering with Oakley, known for its rugged sportswear and advanced optics, to provide future astronauts with high-tech visors.

Congress and the White House are sending NASA mixed messages about the future of the Artemis program to return humans to the Moon.

In the waning days of June, NASA and its contractors conducted three tests and demonstrations for Artemis missions that the Trump administration seeks to end.

NASA's flagship initiative to expand human presence into deep space under the Artemis program continues multibillion-dollar cost overruns, the GAO says.

Northrop Grumman and NASA on June 26 conducted the first test of its Booster Obsolescence Life Extension solid rocket motor.

A SpaceX Starship vehicle being prepared for the company’s upcoming 10th integrated flight test exploded on a test stand around midnight EDT June 19.

The nominated NASA administrator is caught in a political showdown, leaving the agency leaderless during key budget talks.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has proposed a nearly $10 billion supplemental increase to NASA’s current budget as part of a reconciliation measure.

A leaderless NASA will head into negotiations with Congress over a $6.2 billion cut in its budget.

A modest hike in NASA’s budget to push human space exploration into deep space would be offset by massive cuts in the rest of the agency’s budget.

Lockheed Martin reports that the Orion capsule assigned to Artemis III has had its computers powered on and tested for the first time.

Blue Origin will attempt to land an uncrewed prototype of its Human Landing System on the Moon’s south pole this year.

Trump sees SpaceX and the private sector taking over deep-space travel for the U.S. space program.

Much of the planned science return from NASA’s Artemis III Moon landing mission with astronauts will be contained in a look at the solar system’s earliest era.

NASA is working diligently toward the April 2026 launch schedule for Artemis II, Acting Administrator Janet Petro says.

NASA has added SpaceX’s still-in-development Starship-Super Heavy launch system to the fleet of vehicles eligible to compete for a wide variety of missions.

In compliance with a presidential directive, NASA is backtracking on a promise to include a woman and a person of color on the Artemis III crew.