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 ...

You can watch it launch live online starting at 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT). NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket gets 2nd stage even as Trump tries to scrap Space Launch System (photos) What time is SpaceX ...

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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Friday, NASA unveiled the massive Artemis II rocket that will be used to return humans to the moon in an orbital mission that will last 10 days as the program manager ...

Space agencies and governments are testing new technologies in their spacecrafts, but China decides to bring back the ...

Work for now continues daily at Kennedy Space Center on a new mobile launch tower that has already cost more than $1 billion.

The fallen NASA administrator nominee was clearly not a fan of the agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon.