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The rocket that will launch the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon is rolling to the pad for its historic mission, which could lift off just a few weeks from now.

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.

On Episode 193 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with NASA Chief Historian Dr. Roger Launius about the space agency's past.

The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026.

Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket rollout to the launch pad.

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission made it to Houston today (Jan. 16), just a day after their unprecedented medical evacuation from the International Space Station.

NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on Saturday (Jan. 17), and you can watch the slow-moving action live.

Congress just approved a $24.4 billion budget for NASA for this year, rejecting the deep cuts that President Trump had proposed last spring.

Tiny delays in pulsar signals measured by SETI scientists could aid the search for gravitational waves and extraterrestrial life.

NASA hopes to launch its crewed Artemis 2 moon mission in early February, but everything will have to go right to hit that ambitious target.

'I think walking onto the bridge and sitting on the captain's chair blew my mind.'

SpaceX will launch its first national security mission of the year tonight (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live.

Four ISS crewmembers were brought home a month early due to an undisclosed but non-emergency "medical concern".

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York tonight as an incoming stream of speedy solar wind sets the stage for some potentially dazzling northern lights.

Friday, Jan. 16, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket rollout to the launch pad.

From Orion's glowing nebula to the sparkling Pleiades, these winter targets reward anyone willing to brave the cold.

Jupiter harbors more oxygen than the sun, a new study finds, giving astronomers a crucial clue about how our solar system's planets formed.

Ba-by stars, doo doo doo doo doo doo.

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

3I/ATLAS is heading away from the sun on an escape trajectory from our solar system.

Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.