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Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after trip around moon

It took recovery teams less than two hours to secure the floating capsule and retrieve the crew, ending the first human voyage to the vicinity of the moon in over fifty years.

NASA's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026.
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover is pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby April 6, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after historic crewed mission to the Moon

The NASA Artemis II crew, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover, embrace inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home following a flyby of the far side of the Moon on April 7, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts brace for fiery return to Earth

NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.

WATCH: Artemis makes lunar flyby as moon mission breaks record for human distance from earth


Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2

The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive plutonium.

 Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2. Illustration.

Partial solar eclipse to create 'devil's horns' effect on March 29

NASA urges use of ISO 12312-2 certified eclipse glasses for safe viewing.

 Partial solar eclipse to create 'devil's horns' effect on March 29.

Curiosity rover detects longest organic molecules yet found on Mars

Researchers caution that the molecules could be of abiotic or biological origin, and do not represent definitive proof of past life on Mars.

 Curiosity rover detects longest organic molecules yet found on Mars.

NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after a nine-month ISS mission, extended due to Boeing Starliner delays.

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, undocks from the ISS to begin a journey to return to Earth March 18, 2025.

First time: The Blue Ghost lander successfully lands on the moon

Firefly, an American company, made a soft landing on the moon, becoming the second private company to do so. In collaboration with NASA, it’s a key step for future moon and Mars missions.

 On the surface of the moon. Initial documentation from the lander

NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson

Flyby of Donaldjohanson will test Lucy's navigation before mission to Jupiter Trojans.

 NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson.

Asteroid 2024 YR4's impact risk increases to 3.1%, highest ever recorded

NASA's CNEOS ranks the threat level of asteroid 2024 YR4 at 3 out of 10 on the Torino Scale, indicating a '1% or greater chance of collision capable of localized destruction.'

 Asteroid 2024 YR4's impact risk increases to 3.1%, highest ever recorded. Illustration.

NASA's Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other galaxies.

 An artist's concept shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*

‘Consider again that dot’: How NASA's Voyager and Carl Sagan showed us Earth like never before

On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away.

 An updated version of the iconic “Pale Blue Dot” image.

Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on mars

The clouds, composed of carbon dioxide ice crystals, glow in shades of red, green, and pearlescent hues in the martian twilight.

 Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on Mars.