NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage is added to the launch vehicle.

NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket gets 2nd stage even as Trump tries to scrap Space Launch System (photos) Tank for 1st Artemis touchdown on the moon | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2025.

Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket core stage was fitted with 4 RS-25 engines at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Footage courtesy: NASA/Evan Deroche/Steven Seipel/Eric Bordelon ...

The first human mission to the moon in half a century is starting to get stacked up. The NASA-funded Space Launch System (SLS), the massive rocket slated to send the Artemis 2 crew around the moon ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is being readied in anticipation of the Artemis 2 mission, with engineers putting the rocket together at a facility in New Orleans.. All five of the ...

The twin rocket boosters for Artemis 2 will add oomph to NASA's powerful Space Launch System rocket, which will launch four astronauts on a mission to the moon in 2024. Each Northrop Grumman-made ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

Artemis: America's New Moonshot | CBS Reports 22:12. NASA's return to the moon, the Artemis Program, is targeting future astronaut landings near the lunar south pole where ice may be present in ...

NASA awarded a $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX last April for development of a Human Landing System, or HLS, based on the design of the company's Starship rocket system.

NASA launched the empty Orion spacecraft with its mega moon rocket on Nov. 16, 2022. It flew a 1.4 million-mile journey, testing various orbits that had never been previously attempted.

The crew will undergo more than a year of training before 2024's moon mission. ... NASA announces its astronaut crew of four will begin training for the Artemis 2 mission in June.

As for the Artemis 2 booster, after its 1-mile journey Tuesday morning, the rocket will rest aboard NASA's Pegasus barge as it departs the boggy waters of New Orleans for a 900-mile journey across ...