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It's make or break time for NASA's new moon rocket as NASA is finally ready to launch its Artemis 1 moon rocket on Aug. 29.

An ancient piece of crust is hiding below Western Australia, having survived 4 billion years of upheaval.

NASA's DART spacecraft is perfectly on track to smash into double asteroid Didymos as a new observation campaign confirmed orbital parameters of the space rock.

The huge, bowl-shaped Meteor Crater in Arizona that was formed some 50,000 years ago continues to yield new information, surprisingly so.

UK Lego enthusiasts will no doubt orbit around this out-of-this-world deal while stocks last.

A new deep-learning technique allows scientists to peek inside the moon's permanently shadowed polar craters for the first time.

NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket stands on pad 39B. Credit: United Launch Alliance

Five decades after the final flight of NASA’s legendary Saturn 5 moon rocket, the U.S. space agency is poised to launch its most powerful rocket yet Monday for a critical, long-overdue test flight, sending an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day voyage around the moon.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-23 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 54 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.

Lightning crackled close to NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket on the launch pad today (Aug. 27) in Florida, with several bolts even striking the lightning towers.

NASA's new SLS megarocket is ready to launch on the historic Artemis 1 moon mission on Monday (Aug. 29).

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Round out your week with these stunning views of the universe from the James Webb Space telescope.

The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission carries a suite of experiments designed to learn more about the moon and deep space, and how to keep astronauts safe far from home.

Lego is teaming up with NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to bring a unique hands-on building and learning experience to the Artemis 1 launch scheduled for Monday (Aug. 29).

NASA has been preparing for Artemis 1 for years and is now in the home stretch. Here's a brief rundown of the major mission milestones to watch for, both before and after its Aug. 29 launch.

SpaceX will launch 54 of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit and land a rocket on a ship at sea on Saturday (Aug. 27), and you can watch the action live.

The countdown is ready to begin for NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission with the SLS megarocket and Orion spacecraft.

China launched a small solid rocket on Monday (Aug. 22), spawning a minor mystery about the number of satellites on the flight.

The U.S. Mint is launching a new collectible for the first American woman in space. The Dr. Sally Ride American Women Quarters 2022 Ornament features the mint's 25-cent coin honoring the astronaut.

It was a very scenic way to begin the traverse, and for someone who has pored over both orbital and ground-level images of Mars for years, it was quite easy to believe you were on that planet.