Aug 29 WATCH: NASA officials give briefing on postponement of new Artemis moon rocket launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after a last-minute cascade of problems culminating in unexplained trouble related to an engine. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 7:41 Proposed rocket launch site in Michigan fuels community concerns By Megan Thompson An aerospace group in Michigan wants to build the first rocket launch sites in the Midwest, including a spaceport right along Lake Superior. But many locals are fighting to keep the plan from taking off, citing concerns about environmental impacts. Continue watching
Jun 28 NASA hopes New Zealand rocket launch will pave the way for moon landing By Nick Perry, Associated Press ASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface. So it is sending up a test satellite from New Zealand. Continue reading
Apr 05 NASA’s moon rocket test delayed again after technical problems By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's dress rehearsal for its mega moon rocket has been postponed twice now by technical problems that stalled a fueling test. Continue reading
Dec 30 Amid nuclear talks, Iran says it launched a rocket into space By Nasser Karimi, Isabel Debre, Associated Press Iranian state television says Tehran has launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, though it's unclear if any object entered orbit. Continue reading
Jan 19 Halted rocket test could stall NASA moon shot, redo possible By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The space agency had aimed to launch its new rocket and an empty Orion capsule by the end of the year, with the capsule flying past the moon and back. Continue reading
Dec 01 China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to Earth By Joe McDonald, Associated Press A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon Tuesday to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government announced. Continue reading
Nov 23 China launches mission to bring back material from moon surface By Sam McNeil, Associated Press If successful, it would be a major advance for China's space program, and some experts say it could pave the way for bringing samples back from Mars or even a crewed lunar mission. Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH LIVE: TESS, NASA’s new exoplanet hunter, launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket By Jason Steffen, The Conversation NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor more than 200,000 stars to discover thousands of exoplanets, ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants. Continue reading