Artemis II

Axiom Space and KBR have reached a milestone in the commercial development of Axiom’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit.

Arbus says it is shipping the fourth European Service Module (ESM-4) to the U.S. to support a future Artemis IV mission despite uncertainty over that endeavor.

NASA’s acting chief has called to reopen the Human Landing System competition, raising SpaceX’s ire.

The defense prime sees new business opportunities for NASA’s deep-space capsule.

NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, made his international space debut at a global gathering in Sydney.

NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission has down-to-earth themes: "crawl, walk, run" and "know as you go."

There are two leading approaches to staying on the Moon and powering through the frigid lunar night: nuclear fission reactors and regenerative fuel cells.

“We can’t waste a day,” Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Sept. 30 during an interview with Aviation Week on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress.

NASA is opting for a new flight trajectory for the next Artemis mission to reduce risks to astronauts as the agency gears up to return to the lunar surface in 2027.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The four crewmembers of NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission say they are ready to embrace launching two months earlier than planned if preparations fall into place.

Firefly Aerospace has sold data it collected during its lunar land Blue Ghost Mission 1 to NASA for $10 million.

The window for NASA’s Artemis II mission that aims to take four astronauts around the Moon could open as early as Feb. 5.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Scott Pace served as executive secretary of Trump’s National Space Council from July 2017 to January 2021.