NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo.

NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

Twenty-five names are carved into the black mirror-finished granite: the Challenger seven, the seven who perished in the ...

NASA’s New Moon Rocket Moves to the Pad Ahead of Astronaut Launch as Early as February

NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more ...
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NASA rolls Artemis 2 rocket to the pad ahead of historic moon launch

The rocket that will launch the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon is rolling to the pad for its historic mission, which ...

NASA rolled out an 11 million-pound moon rocket in preparation for astronauts' launch

NASA moved the rocket slated to carry four astronauts around the moon to the launch pad on Saturday, a key step as the ...

NASA’s Artemis 2 Is Sending Some Legendary Artifacts Around the Moon

The Artemis 2 astronauts—and the historical keepsakes they’re bringing with them—will travel farther from Earth than any have ...
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NASA Chief: Final Shuttle Launch Begins New Era

When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on Friday, it will mark the final NASA shuttle mission ever. But the shuttering of the 30-year-old program isn’t the end of American space exploration — in ...