Mar 31 WATCH: Artemis II astronauts announced by NASA, Canadian Space Agency By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission. Continue reading
Feb 01 How Octavia Butler remembered the fallen Columbia astronauts on the NewsHour By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Acclaimed science fiction author Octavia Butler offered insight into the place that space and its explorers occupy in our collective imagination in a discussion with former Newshour anchor Jim Lehrer, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and other guests. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 6:16 What next for space exploration after NASA’s Artemis 1 mission? NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down Sunday afternoon just off California's Baja Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean. The 26-day Artemis 1 test mission marked a significant step toward returning astronauts to the moon. Miles O'Brien joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 6:53 Space historian examines parallels of NASA’s last moon landing and the Artemis mission By Miles O'Brien The nearly month-long Artemis 1 mission to the Moon is slated to end on Sunday with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. On that very day 50 years ago, Dec. 11, 1972, the last Apollo astronauts set foot on the… Continue watching
Sep 09 NASA to potentially reattempt Artemis 1 launch in late September By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA is replacing leaky seals in its moon rocket at the pad in hopes of launching it on its first test flight by the end of this month. Continue reading
Sep 03 Fuel leak disrupts NASA’s 2nd attempt at Artemis launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 8:22 Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s most powerful rocket finally set for takeoff By Miles O'Brien If all goes as planned, NASA will launch a rocket to return to the moon Saturday afternoon. This first phase will send an unmanned capsule to lunar orbit and back, but NASA wants humans to land on the moon in… Continue watching
Aug 29 NASA’s Artemis 1 launch postponed following engine problem By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket was set to lift off Monday morning from Florida with three test dummies aboard on its first flight, a mission to propel a capsule into orbit around the moon. Continue reading
Aug 26 How NASA’s Artemis 1 launch will mark a new era in space exploration By Bella Isaacs-Thomas The uncrewed test flight will send a novel spacecraft on a weekslong journey around the moon and back to Earth. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 4:45 Image of Milky Way’s black hole marks new era in space science For decades scientists have believed there is a black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. For the first time this week, they released an astonishing image of it, about 27,000 light years away from Earth. An international… Continue watching