Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're going to send a crew of astronauts about 250,000 miles away, you're gonna need a big rocket to get them off the ground ...

On Wednesday, four astronauts are scheduled to launch on a trip around the moon — the first such mission in more than 50 years. Images show NASA's long road to this point. For the first time in more ...

March 4 (Reuters) - NASA plans to select United Launch Alliance to supply a critical component for future missions ‌of its moon rocket, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar ...

NASA on Thursday began returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad ahead of a planned flyby of the moon, after completing necessary repairs. Artemis engineers ...

NASA employee Chandler Scheuermann had the Artemis II astronauts on his mind from "liftoff to splash down" of their 10-day mission around the moon earlier this month. But he was paying special ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a test in Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The company, owned by Jeff Bezos, said no one was injured and all personnel were accounted for.

If you're going to send a crew of astronauts about 250,000 miles away, you're gonna need a big rocket to get them off the ground and on their way. And that's exactly what NASA has standing at the ...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis 2 mission stands at 322 feet tall. The SLS is NASA's most powerful rocket, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust. While massive, the SLS is ...