A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is positioned between Earth and the sun and casts a shadow over Earth. Solar eclipses only occur during a new moon phase, usually about twice a year, when the moon ...

Rocket Lab's Two Explorer Spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE Mission Rocket Lab's ... and exploration missions to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. Rocket Lab is a publicly listed company on the ...

The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of ...

NASA's Artemis II astronauts will embark on the first crewed U.S. mission to the moon in half a century. It could launch ...

NASA announced that the Artemis II mission to ferry astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, could launch earlier than expected. Acting Deputy Associate Administrator ...

The space agency has been grappling with budget uncertainties and a talent exodus even before the shutdown. But NASA’s moon ...

The 10 astronaut candidates, six of them women, will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and perhaps one day to the moon and Mars. By Kenneth Chang ...

NASA is pressing ahead with preparations for the first launch of humans beyond low-Earth orbit in more than five decades, and officials said Tuesday that the Artemis II mission could take flight early ...

VIPER's long and winding road will now feature a ride to the lunar surface on Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. VIPER has officially come back from the dead. The NASA moon robot, whose name is short for ...

The four men and six women will report to NASA in January to begin two years of basic spaceflight training. HOUSTON — NASA has introduced its new class of astronaut candidates, some of whom may be ...

The mission will send the first person of color and the first woman to the moon. NASA could launch its Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 ...