NASA says Artemis II is a major step toward returning humans to the moon — and eventually sending astronauts to Mars. For the public, the name-submission campaign offers a fun, symbolic way to be part of that next chapter in space exploration. Over 1.8 million boarding passes have been claimed as of Monday afternoon.

Slowed by four main parachutes in predawn darkness, the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft descended and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, Jan. 15, wrapping up NASA's first-ever astronaut medical evacuation from the International Space Station.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts will speak for the first time today after returning to Earth early because of a medical issue aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke,

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission.

The crew spent less than 170 days on the space station. It marked the first time NASA cut short an ISS mission for medical reasons. The departure of Crew-11 leaves the ISS with just three staff members: two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams.

NASA on Saturday rolled out its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as it began preparations for its first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA is taking a big step toward its next moon mission. The Artemis II rocket is set to roll out to the launch pad this Saturday at Kennedy Space Center. The massive Space Launch System rocket will make a 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39-B.