NASA likens its newest astronaut class to a platypus to highlight unique traits. The name origin and characteristics reflect their skills and diverse backgrounds in the program.

NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to the moon in over 50 years.

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - NASA added a new mission to its Artemis moon program involving a spacecraft docking test in Earth's ‌orbit before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half ‌a century, overhauling the flagship U.S. moon effort ...

Mission Control will be packed with experts, specialists and flight directors around-the-clock as NASA takes on its most complicated mission in more than half a century.

NASA is edging toward a milestone it has not attempted in more than half a century: sending astronauts around the moon on a dedicated test flight that could lift off in 2026. If hardware, schedules, and politics all line up, the mission would mark the ...

In the latest setback to return astronauts to the moon, NASA delayed the highly anticipated flight yet again after a new problem cropped up with the rocket Saturday. April is now the earliest that the four Artemis II astronauts could fly to the moon.

A full moon is seen shining over NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of February 1, 2026. For 53 years, since the end of the Apollo program, humans have only felt the pull of the Earth's gravity.

An alumna of the University of Colorado Boulder and a Kentucky native, Overcash was selected as one of 10 astronaut candidates from over 8,000 applications received for their Astronaut Class of 2025. In September, she began a two-year NASA training ...