The giant rocket that will launch humanity's next crewed moon mission is coming together across the southern United States. NASA plans to launch its Artemis 2 mission, which will send four ...

Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket core stage was fitted with 4 RS-25 engines at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New ...

The Artemis 2 megarocket set to launch NASA's next astronauts to the moon in 2026 is almost completely assembled. The giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket continues to grow inside the NASA's ...

On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center mated together major elements of the rocket that will launch the Artemis 2 mission with the first humans to the moon in more ...

The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis 2 at the ... to the Moon and back without actually landing on the lunar surface (that’s the job of Artemis 3). NASA’s Artemis ...

rocket to send an unpiloted Lockheed Martin-built Orion capsule on a looping flight around the moon and back. NASA had planned to launch the Artemis 2 mission at the end of this year to carry a ...

The first human mission to the moon in half ... These two solid rocket boosters will help heft the 322-foot (98-meter) SLS to space, along with the four astronauts of the Artemis 2 crew.

The $20bn rocket ... Artemis 2 will make the same journey as Artemis 1, but with a four-person human crew, and Artemis 3 will send the first woman and the first person of color to land on the moon ...

Researchers at Utah State University are working with NASA to develop a hybrid rocket motor that could help astronauts land on and take off from the moon in future Artemis missions.

The next phase of testing is set to begin for NASA's crewed Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon, the administration announced Thursday, and will serve as a foundation for travel ...