NASA astronauts are set to take off Wednesday on a 10-day journey that will propel them to the moon, marking the first human return to the lunar surface in more than half a century. The Lockheed Martin-built Orion capsule, which sits on a Boeing-made Space Launch System rocket, is scheduled to launch at 6.24 pm … Read more
For the first time since the days of Apollo, people are preparing not only to visit the Moon, but to live and work there for weeks, months – and eventually years. But what would it be like to spend a long time on the lunar surface? The answer is exciting – and brutally unforgiving. An … Read more
As NASA plans to launch four astronauts on Wednesday aboard its Artemis II mission, the race to return to the Moon is on. The current mission will see astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft orbiting the Moon before returning to Earth in 10 days. They will be testing equipment and systems that could soon see Americans … Read more
NASA is just hours away from launching Artemis 2, the first mission to land humans on the moon in more than half a century. About 10 days flight – expected to raise today (April 1) from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 6:24 pm EDT (2224 GMT) – will carry NASA astronauts Reid … Read more
In a calm environment, five autonomous robots are drilling into the moon, digging up loose rock and dust and leaving lines of parallel tracks. Stopping only to charge at a central solar power station, the car-sized machines process lunar debris internally to extract a form of helium so rare on Earth that the palm-sized container … Read more
A little more than an hour before sunset on Florida’s Space Coast, up to 400,000 beachgoers and boarders will look to the skies Wednesday to see a fiery wonder that hasn’t been seen in nearly 54 years: a complete NASA rocket returning to the moon. The launch of Artemis II, scheduled for 6.24pm ET if … Read more
If anyone can offer advice to the four NASA astronauts scheduled to launch Wednesday on a mission to orbit the moon, it’s Harrison Schmitt. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get ad-free articles and exclusive content. Schmitt, 90, left his shoes on the lunar surface in 1972, as part of Apollo 17 – the … Read more
The first full moon of the year appears on April 1 and plays an important role in setting the date of Easter. The official time the moon will be full is 10:12 pm EDT. Interestingly, once the full moon arrives, its position in the sky will make it about twelve degrees south-east of the inhabited … Read more
While visiting the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor asked this insightful question: “Why did it take so long to return to the Moon?” After all, NASA had the knowledge and technology to send humans to the moon more than 50 years ago as part of the Apollo program. And, as … Read more