OTD In Space - February 5: Apollo 14 Lands on the Moon

On February 5, 1971, two Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon! Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard and the lunar module pilot ...

Inside NASA’s risky bid to beat China to the moon

All going well, a four-person crew will soon launch into deep space. But delays and troubled test flights have led some to ...
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NASA’s rivalry/not-rivalry with China’s space agency takes off

China’s Mengzhou is putting pressure on NASA’s lunar timeframe ...

After 54 years, astronauts are going back to the moon

NASA's Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972—with much more to come.

Why has SpaceX not launched from Kennedy Space Center this year?

SpaceX launched 26 missions from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A in 2025 including four human spaceflight missions.

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission engulfed by debate over its controversial heat shield

As NASA ramps up the preparation to send four people on a trip around the moon and back, a debate is raging among experts and former astronauts over whether the mission’s spacecraft is as safe as the ...

New Orleans-Built Hardware Powers Artemis II Toward Historic Launch

With New Orleans’ workforce behind the flight, an Apollo moonwalker shares his excitement for the first U.S. human mission to the moon in half a century.