NASA OIG raises concerns about crew safety ahead of Artemis moon missions

NASA faces concerns over crew safety for future lunar landings as a new report reveals lack of rescue capability for stranded astronauts.

NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger Didymos around the sun.
Morning Overview on MSN

NASA selects Vulcan Centaur 5 as a new SLS upper stage for Artemis missions

NASA has moved to replace the long-planned Exploration Upper Stage for its Space Launch System rocket with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur 5 upper stage, a shift that could reshape the Artemis lunar program’s trajectory for years to come.
Smithsonian Magazine

NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Changed a Space Rock’s Orbit Around the Sun, Marking a First for Humanity

Studying the 2022 collision's effects can help scientists protect the Earth from celestial objects that might head toward us

Musk and Bezos Moon Landers Could Leave Artemis Astronauts Stranded, NASA Watchdog Warns

A NASA watchdog has issued a damning report on the Human Landing System program, finding serious problems with its progress, oversight, and testing.
Daily Express

Artemis 2: All the NASA moon mission launch dates available after rocket issue

22:06, Wed, Mar 11, 2026 Updated: 22:06, Wed, Mar 11, 2026 NASA postponed the Artemis II mission in February after engineers discovered an issue with the Space Launch System rocket, forcing the agency to rethink its launch plans. Following the setback ...
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NASA disqualifies X-ray telescope from Probe mission competition

NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large astrophysics mission, a decision the project’s leader blames on upheaval within NASA last year.
CNET

Here's How to Track the Artemis II Mission in Real Time With NASA's New Tool

The tool will let you track NASA's modern lunar program during its 10-day flight around the moon and back again.
Texas Public Radio

NASA astronauts are returning to the moon. Houston’s Johnson Space Center will get them there

Mission Control will be packed with experts, specialists and flight directors around-the-clock as NASA takes on its most complicated mission in more than half a century.
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NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other

New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.

NASA adds new Artemis moon missions in major overhaul of lunar program

NASA is adding another Artemis moon mission to its schedule even before Artemis 2 has a new date for launch. Here's the latest on the program.

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket,