Space.com on MSN

NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket is on the launch pad. What's next?

Artemis 2 is at the launch pad, but several big tests must be performed before it launches as soon as Feb. 6.

NASA prepares for Artemis II wet dress rehearsal

Systems and procedures are tested including loading the rocket with 700,000 gallons of super-cold fuels.

Inside NASA’s Artemis II: A peek inside the spaceship taking astronauts to Moon

NASA's moon mission Artemis II is all over the world. This mission will take humans around the Moon. This will happen for the first time in over 50 years. Artemis II is a test flight designed to push ...

NASA’s moon astronauts are in quarantine — what does that really mean?

The buzz is building for NASA’s Artemis II mission that will send four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. The ...

Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...

Key moment approaches for NASA’s crewed moon mission

After moving the massive SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launchpad last weekend, NASA is now eyeing the next stage of ...
Houston Public Media

40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades ...

Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...

40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human ...

Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA

How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger ...
Concord Monitor

‘Until something bad happens’: NASA’s systemic failures and the change that resulted from them

NASA's tributes to fallen astronauts serve as reminders of the importance of safety in space exploration, as do tributes to ...
KSHB 41 Kansas City

Joyous anticipation to tragedy: KC-area astronaut, teacher reflect on 40th anniversary of Challenger disaster

Steve Hawley, who flew five Space Shuttle missions, and Krista Schaffer, a first-grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe ...