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Saudi Arabia makes history by launching the ‘Shams’ Satellite, joining NASA’s Artemis Program | World News – The Times of India

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Saudi Arabia makes history by launching the 'Shams' satellite, joining NASA's Artemis Program

Saudi Arabia has entered the world stage with an important mission that puts it at the heart of NASA’s Artemis program. The successful launch and first communication with its satellite “Shams” shows scientific ambition and growing technological capabilities, with far-reaching implications. A historic first in the Artemis program The Saudi Space Agency has confirmed the … Read more

NASA’s Artemis II Is the First Manned Mission to the Moon Since 1972. Why Are We Going Back?

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NASA's Artemis II Is the First Manned Mission to the Moon Since 1972. Why Are We Going Back?

[–> An animated 3-D model of the moon, shown on a black background. [!–>[!–>[!–>[!–>[!–>[!–>[!–>[!–>[–> A 3-D model of the moon with the near side in view. It reads: This is the side of the moon we see from Earth [!–>[!–>[!–>[–> In the first era of moon exploration, NASA and the Soviet Union focused on the … Read more

What do NASA’s Artemis II astronauts eat? 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee and lots of hot sauce

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A sample of the test meal on a plate next to the silverware

April 3, 2026 2 read min Add us to GoogleAdd Science What is NASA? Artemis II do astronauts eat? 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee and lots of hot sauce NASA’s lunar mission catalog has 189 objects unique to it and mirrors the International Space Station. Written by Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron … Read more

Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers – NASA Science

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Trevor Graff

Business clothes, headsets and many computer monitors are a stark contrast to the hiking gear, rock hammers and volcanic fields of Iceland. For Kelsey Young of NASA’s Goddard Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Trevor Graff and Angela Garcia of Johnson Space Center in Houston, comfort and expertise across both areas made them uniquely qualified … Read more

There was a toilet problem on NASA’s Artemis 2 mission to the moon

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NASA astronaut Christina Koch works on an experimental version of the Orion space probe.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – There was a small pot problem on NASA’s Artemis 2 moon probe. Within hours to launch four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis 2 mission orbiting the moon, its crew reported a glitch in what may have been the comfort of the new creature that was most expected of them. The Orion spacecraft: … Read more

What do scientists hope to learn from NASA’s historic Artemis 2 moon flyby?

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A glass rectangle with a blue line and a red line running through the middle. A purple gloved hand raises it.

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

Artemis II launch: crowds gather to catch a glimpse of Nasa’s historic moon mission

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Artemis II launch: crowds gather to catch a glimpse of Nasa's historic moon mission

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

Scientists Investigate Whether NASA’s Approaching Object Is The Core Of A Ruined Earth

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Scientists Investigate Whether NASA's Approaching Object Is The Core Of A Ruined Earth

Sign up to see the future, today I can’t miss the innovations from the edge of science and technology Scientists have long been intrigued by a large potato-shaped asteroid, called 16 Psyche, which they suspect is rich in iron – so it could be very lucrative for future asteroid mining. The 173-kilometer object, which orbits … Read more