Moon

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman shared a video, taken on an iPhone, of the Earth disappearing, as he and the other astronauts traveled around the Moon.

A crew member of Artemis II got a warm welcome from her four-legged friend when she returned from circling the moon.

The astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II mission were rescued from their capsule when they splashed down on Earth after completing their mission of flying around the Moon.

The crew of Artemis II landed safely back on Earth Friday evening after their mission to circle the moon.

Astronaut Victor Glover’s daughter, Maya, recently got lots of attention for making a sweet tribute to her father, who is currently in outer space on the Artemis II mission.

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission achieved another milestone this week when they conducted the first-ever direct communication between astronauts on a lunar voyage and astronauts in Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.

The Artemis II crew faced an unexpected technical hurdle when Microsoft Outlook malfunctioned aboard their spacecraft less than a day after liftoff.

NASA announced Tuesday it is delaying its highly anticipated Artemis II mission to send four astronauts around the moon after engineers encountered hydrogen fuel leaks during a critical launch rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A very similar problem caused a six month delay to an Artemis mission in 2022.

The United States Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jared Isaacman as Administrator of NASA in a 67-30 vote, officially approving President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the space agency. The self-made billionaire, commercial astronaut, and aviation entrepreneur, at age 42, becomes the youngest person in history to lead NASA.

SpaceX has taken another significant step towards its ambitious goals of human space exploration with the successful completion of the eleventh test flight of its Starship rocket.

Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said “when we go back to the moon, we’re going to stay” when discussing the space program’s upcoming manned Artemis launches.

NASA has announced that its Artemis 2 mission, which will send a crew of four astronauts around the Moon, is on track to launch as early as February 5, 2026, with additional launch windows in March and April.

Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Director Sean Duffy is set to announce accelerated plans for building a nuclear reactor on the Moon, according to documents obtained by Politico.

Jeff Bezos and his space company Blue Origin are attempting to capitalize on the recent rift between President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to secure more government contracts.

The Senate’s NASA budget bill appears to push back on plans by Donald Trump and Elon Musk to shift priorities for the space agency while scaling back funding for climate alarmism and other “science” research.

People in North America and South America will have the best seats to see an upcoming total lunar eclipse.

NASA announced on Thursday that the Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts on a flight around the moon, will be delayed until April 2026, pushing back the timeline for landing astronauts on the lunar surface. China claims it will land its own Moon mission by 2030, putting pressure on America to stay one step ahead of the communist country.

NASA has announced plans to use cargo landers developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver heavy equipment to the Moon in support of its Artemis missions. Each lander will be designed to carry between 26,000 and 33,000 pounds of cargo to the moon beginning in 2032.

The largest supermoon of 2024 will reach its peak illumination this week with a chance that it could have an orange, jack-o-lantern-like color, WKRC reported Friday.

There will be a “harvest” moon on Tuesday, which will appear full to delight viewers from Monday until early Thursday.

Scientists have discovered a cave on the moon at the Sea of Tranquility they say could provide shelter to future astronauts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a bill that commits Russia to work with China on building a moon base.

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon over the weekend and collected samples in the Communist state’s effort to compete with the United States.

According to a report recently released by NASA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the Orion spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts to the moon in the coming years, faced several critical issues during its 2022 uncrewed test flight. 

NASA administrator Bill Nelson said recently that it is important for the United States to return to the moon before China stakes its claim.

Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is under fire for her remarks about the moon and sun, concluding the former is “made up mostly of gases.”

There are a few things to know as multitudes of people gear up to experience the total solar eclipse on Monday.

Space is the “most important frontier of our generation,” and it is particularly important for America to lead on this front, Michael Lukacs, a lead principle investor in the Odysseus Lunar Lander, which is reportedly on the moon now, told Breitbart News Saturday.

Another week, another private U.S. company launches a Moon shot. That was the result early Thursday morning as SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off and slipped the surly bonds of earth, setting course for a lunar touchdown.

Japan’s Moon lander resumed operations on Sunday some five days after it was reported to be in trouble on the lunar surface due to a lack of power.

Japan’s lunar lander ended up standing on its nose with its engines pointing at the inky sky after its touchdown on the Moon’s surface, images released Thursday appear to show. 

The failed Peregrine lunar lander will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere late Thursday and burn up on re-entry somewhere over the South Pacific.

The NASA-backed Peregrine One moon lander is now hurtling back towards Earth after last week failing on its historic journey.

NASA is delaying plans to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in half a century, announcing its call Tuesday as a much-hyped private U.S. lunar lander mission looked set to fail.

Legendary illusionist David Copperfield has made a wild new claim: “I’m going to make the moon disappear.”

NASA believes a moon crater 33 feet in diameter, found near where Russia’s Luna-25 intended to land, was caused by the failed landing.