SpaceX launches Starship on giant rocket's first flight to orbit
The Super Heavy-Starship rocket's 14th test flight, the first boosting the upper stage to orbit, marked a major milestone for both SpaceX and NASA.
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The Super Heavy-Starship rocket's 14th test flight, the first boosting the upper stage to orbit, marked a major milestone for both SpaceX and NASA.
The Soyuz MS-28 landing in Kazakhstan brought a 241-day stay in space to a successful conclusion.
The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.
NASA announced this week the four-man crew that will embark on the Artemis III mission, and one of those astronauts has ties to Michigan.
NASA's Artemis III astronauts plan to carry out rendezvous and docking procedures with commercial moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Out of an abundance of caution, NASA briefly directed five of the seven crew members aboard the International Space Station to wait inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" spacecraft.
A rare blue micromoon will appear in night skies this weekend. Here's what to expect.
If confirmed, the rock would become just the second world past Neptune in our solar system to host an atmosphere.
The launching appeared to go off without a hitch, but a problem prevented the rocket's upper stage from putting its payload into the correct orbit.
The Artemis II astronauts flew back to the Johnson Space Center in Houston Saturday to cheers and applause from family members and hundreds of NASA workers.
What is called the "moon tree" all began with a deal between NASA and an elementary school that used to be in the Ferndale neighborhood.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
Despite problems during the unpiloted Artemis I reentry, the Artemis II crew is confident their heat shield will protect them during a fiery descent to Earth.
Michigan is playing a key role in the U.S. space industry, contributing to the Artemis II rocket mission.
The astronauts aboard Artemis II are the first humans to see some parts of the far side of the moon with the naked eye.
Amid ongoing toilet trouble, the Artemis II astronauts reflected on the wonder of sailing through deep space to the moon.
NASA launched four astronauts on a historic nine-day trip around the moon and back. Here's everything to know about the Artemis II mission.
A global team of Air Force rescuers is on standby, ready to come to the aid of the Artemis II crew after their space launch.
In an on-going overhaul of NASA's Artemis program, agency officials say it will take seven years to build a sophisticated base on the moon.
NASA's huge Space Launch System rocket has been repaired and is ready for rollout back to the launch pad next week.
The Van Allen probe's mission was meant to last two years, but ended up going for nearly seven.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced significant changes to the agency's Artemis program, which aims to land on the moon in 2028.
The Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — on a flight around the far side of the moon and back.
The two-woman, two-man crew is replacing four other station fliers who came home early last month due to a medical issue one was having.
NASA says it can't try until March at the earliest to send a crewed spacecraft on a flight around the moon and back, due to hydrogen leaks during testing of the Artemis II rocket.
