NASA is preparing to launch the first crew of astronauts toward the moon in over 53 years with its second Artemis mission, a key test

NASA's Artemis II mission, Cape missile test and Orion spacecraft heat shield highlight 321 Launch, FLORIDA TODAY's weekly space newsletter.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA said Tuesday it will now target a March launch of its new moon rocket after running into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test a day earlier. The space agency said in a statement that the launch delay will "allow ...

An unannounced test of NASA's towering Space Launch System rocket uncovered another issue with the vehicle meant to soon launch astronauts on a mission around the moon. Ground crews at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida partially fueled the 322-foot ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet returned to base just nine minutes into its second test flight on March 20, 2026, after a vehicle system warning forced the pilot to abort. The aircraft had been expected to stay airborne for roughly an hour as part of an envelope-expansion campaign designed to push the jet’s speed and

NASA is officially ready to put its X-59 experimental aircraft back in the sky

Experts say building a lunar colony within the next decade, as NASA and Elon Musk want to, will require finding solutions to problems we don't yet fully understand.