![NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule carrying four astronauts blast off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT. [Credit: NASA]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-9.38.54-AM.png?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
Liftoff! Artemis II Astronauts Begin Historic Moon Mission
Crew starts journey that will take it farther from Earth than any human has ventured.
Spacecraft
Read More »
Your Guide to NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission
Space agency is targeting Wednesday for the historic journey—its first to the moon in more than half a century.
NASA’s $30B Plan to Build a Moon Base
Space agency hopes to spend about $30 billion over the next decade to develop a lunar outpost.
Boeing X-37B Autonomous Spaceplane Will Return to Orbit in August
Reusable craft has flown 1.3 billion miles across seven missions spanning more than 4,200 days in space.
Musk: Starship Could Fly Again Next Week After Back-to-Back Explosions
Hulking spacecraft nears a return to action, the SpaceX CEO says.
On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Solar Probe ‘Touches the Sun’
Santa’s sleigh is powerful, but the space agency’s Parker spacecraft can withstand the sun’s blazing heat.
SpaceX Starship Flight 6: No Booster Catch But Continues to Push the Envelope
Starship reignites one of its six Raptor engines on orbit for the first time, demonstrating a capability that will come into play during future missions.
Boeing Starliner Astronauts Give Earth-to-Orbit Update
For the first time since arriving at the International Space Station on June 6, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke to the media.
Earthlings, We Come in Pieces: Legos Inspire the Next Generation of Space Explorers
Research conducted on behalf of the Lego Group finds that more than half of Generation Alpha respondents want to be astronauts when they grow up.
ULA Prepares for Delta IV Heavy’s Final Mission
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy space launch vehicle will carry a classified payload from the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
