Canada issues coin for Artemis II and first Canadian to fly to the moon Just like the new coin issued to celebrate his history-making mission, Jeremy Hansen discovered a surprise when looking back from the moon. The Royal Canadian Mint's Moon Mission-1 $20 silver coin fea...

The Royal Canadian Mint is celebrating the country's first astronaut to fly to the moon with the limited issuance of a silver collectible...

MotoArt turns NASA astronaut and research T-38 jets into collectible PlaneTags If there is a single aircraft that is associated with both U.S. human spaceflight and the research that puts the first

Two "White Rockets," one that helped NASA open up the skies and another that prepared astronauts to soar into space, have arrived at the same end — as MotoArt PlaneTags.

Estes launches NASA's Gemini Titan as flying model rocket kit You can now build and fly the rocket that launched the missions NASA needed to learn how to land astronauts on the moon. Estes has debuted the Gemini Titan, a 1:48 scale model builders kit designed fo...

Estes Rockets latest real-life flying model kit recreates the powerhouse that put NASA's original coupe into orbit.

Boost to the moon: Artemis II astronauts ate Astreas energy truffles Move over M&M's. Nudge to the side Nutella. Astronauts now have a new type of chocolate to savor on -- and super charge -- their flights to the moon. Astreas has revealed that its chocolate truffles w...

Microgravity and their cramped quarters may not have been the only reasons why the Artemis II astronauts were bouncing off the walls on their way to the moon. It could've been the truffles.

Breitling celebrates its first flight to the moon with Navitimer 'Artemis II' watch The first Swiss watch brand to be worn into space is now the newest timepiece to be flown around on the moon. NASA's Artemis II crew wore a previously unseen Breitling chronograph with a 24-hour dial....

Breitling has introduced a new model of its first watch worn in space timed with the return of its first watch flown to the moon.

'Project Hail Mary,' Artemis II and the trouble with flying flags

The film "Project Hail Mary" and the NASA moon mission Artemis II are having a moment...

Splashdown! Artemis II crew is back on Earth after flyby of the moon The first astronauts to fly by the moon in more than 50 years are back on Earth. Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen splashed down aboard their Orion ...

Ten days and 694,481 miles after leaving Earth for the moon, the Artemis II crew has returned...

Nine brands like Nutella and Nikon that flew to the moon on Artemis II Nutella changed its social media profile pic from pancakes drizzled with its sweetened hazelnut-cocoa spread to an image of one of its jars floating in front of the moon. The brand was not reacting to...

From a jar of Nutella to Nikon cameras, brand name products flew by the moon on Artemis II and are now on their way back to Earth with the crew aboard the Orion spacecraft "Integrity."

Photos: Artemis II crew saw 'Earthset,' solar eclipse on historic flyby of the moon The Artemis II crew wrapped up a historic seven-hour lunar flyby, marking humanity's first return to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and capturing images of the lunar far side. The first photos relea...

The first photos are in from the Artemis II crew's seven-hour flyby of the moon on Monday (April 6)...

'Old neighborhood': Artemis II crew flies past Apollo 13 distance record NASA's Apollo and Artemis programs crossed historic paths, as the latter broke a record set by the earlier, and the legacy of earlier lived on with latter's promise for the future. The Artemis II crew...

As the Artemis II crew approached the start of their lunar flyby on Monday (April 6), the site where the Apollo 13 mission had planned to land came into view. Shortly thereafter, the Artemis II crew's Orion spacecraft "Integrity" surpassed the record distance set by the Apollo 13 crew...

'Don't expect hi-res video': Artemis II flyby of the moon to arrive first at 'low rate' Humanity is about to get its first in-person, up-close look at the moon in more than half a century. Four astronauts will spend about seven hours observing the far side of the moon, the half that cons...

Without negating the history of the moment, when on Monday (April 6) the fresh eyes of four astronauts catch sight of the up-close moon, it will take a bit longer before the rest of us on Earth are able to see what the Artemis II crew saw at the same clarity...

Topps celebrates Artemis II moon mission with limited edition trading card It's official, NASA's Artemis II launch is the Topps! The history-still-in-the-making moon mission already has its own Topps trading card for sale featuring a photo of its liftoff. Here's the catch: t...

Topps is now taking orders for a limited edition trading card celebrating the start of NASA's Artemis II moon mission.

Trans-lunar Integrity: Artemis II astronauts bound for the moon after TLI burn

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are now the 25th to 28th moon voyagers.

NASA's Artemis II launches astronauts to the moon for first time in over 50 years Four astronauts have left Earth to fly by the moon for the first time in more than half a century. Making history as the first crew to lift off atop the Space Launch System, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glove...

Three Americans and one Canadian have launched on a mission to fly by the moon. Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen became the first people to fly atop NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on board an Orion spacecraft that they named "Integrity."

Artemis II crew to launch to the moon on 43 years of space shuttle parts The first astronauts to fly to the moon since the end of the Apollo program are launching on a vehicle built out of history. The Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft have parts th...

Rocket parts that flew on 86 space shuttle missions are set to fly again with the first astronauts to lift off to the moon since the Apollo program...

Krispy Kreme to launch limited doughnut for Artemis II moon mission Krispy Kreme is getting on board with NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon. The brand is debuting a limited edition Artemis II Doughnut in celebration of the first astronauts to launch to Eart...

NASA's first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years has inspired the release of a limited edition treat...

'Rise'-up!: Artemis II astronauts pick plush moon as zero-g indicator The crew who will soon fly by the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission are ready to

NASA's Artemis II crew arrived in Florida on Friday (March 27), days ahead of their scheduled launch to the moon. The four astronauts used the opportunity to introduce their zero-g indicator, a plush moon that was the idea of a third grader in California.

A visit to Mars: Touring For All Mankind's Happy Valley Season 5 sets In September 2024, I arrived at Happy Valley. More precisely, I walked onto the set of the core module, where real hallways and mock elevators led out to other parts of the international Mars base. In...

The fifth and penultimate season of the alternate space history drama, "For All Mankind." is now streaming on Apple TV.

NASA opens Lunar Receiving Park where Apollo moon rocks were first held Neil Armstrong slept here. Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin did too. Columbia, their Apollo 11 command module, was behind those large metal doors. Oh, and the moon rocks they brought back to Earth? The...

The building where Apollo-recovered moon rocks were first held and astronauts lived in quarantine was torn down in 2019. Rather than remain an empty lot, though, the site of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory is now the Lunar Receiving Park, an interpretive outdoor space at Johnson Space Center...

Astronaut Ed Gibson signs off on Skylab 4 'Signature Edition' patch Ed Gibson, a member of the third crewed mission on the first U.S. space station has

Ed Gibson is the latest astronaut to lend his autograph to the Space Hipsters Signature Edition series of "signed" patches...

Mike Melvill, first commercial astronaut who piloted SpaceShipOne, dies at 85 Michael Melvill, a record-setting test pilot who in 2004 became the first person to launch on a privately-funded vehicle on a suborbital spaceflight, has died at the age of 85. His second flight on Sp...

The 441st person to fly above Earth's atmosphere and first to earn U.S. commercial astronaut wings in the process, Mike Melvill died Thursday (March 19) at the age of 85.

NASA issues draft request for how to move space shuttle Discovery or Orion capsule NASA has taken a step forward to moving an undetermined spacecraft of a various size on an indefinite date to a yet-decided location. Or to put it another way: NASA is seeking to learn what it would t...

NASA has put out a draft request for proposal for how to move its historic flown spacecraft around the country...

NASA's newest astronaut candidate class billed as the Platypi NASA's newest astronaut candidates have just been labeled the oddest of them all. The 10 women and men who were selected to train for spaceflight in September 2025, have now been given their nickname ...

First there was the "Original 7." Later came the "Hairballs," the "Hogs" and the "Flying Escargot." More recently, there were the "Chumps," "8 Balls," "Turtles" and "Flies." Now, meet the "Platypi," the official nickname of NASA's 24th astronaut candidate class...

NASA space shuttle hangar access tunnel covered in signatures goes on display A short tunnel that once led into and out of NASA's space shuttle orbiters is now a portal for the public to see the many types of people who crossed that path. The Pima Air & Space Museum has the whi...

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona now has the crew module access tunnel that led into and out of the space shuttle orbiters while in the second of three servicing hangars at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

Finding Nell: 100 years later, where is Robert Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket? It flew for only two seconds but its impact is still being felt a century later. Robert H. Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket, which lifted off from a snowy field on March 16, 1926, has been extensi...

With 1957 being the year most often associated with the start of the Space Age, it is rare to celebrate a centennial for a spaceflight event. Monday (March 16) marks a significant 100th anniversary: the launch of the world's first liquid fuel rocket by Robert Goddard...

Catching up with NASA's Artemis I 'crew': Moonikin, phantom torsos on display As NASA gets ready to launch its first astronauts in more than 50 years to fly to the moon, the

Visitors at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and Space Center Houston can now get an up-close look at NASA's Artemis I "crew."

Northrop Grumman names spacecraft for late shuttle astronaut Steven Nagel The late NASA astronaut Steven R. Nagel, who was among the small number who filled all three career positions on a space shuttle crew (mission specialist, pilot and commander) is being memorialized wi...

The 24th Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft (and second XL) to deliver supplies to the International Space Station will launch under the name of a late space shuttle astronaut, the company announced on Monday (March 10).

Blast off into LEGO Space history in LEGO Galaxy at LEGOLAND California LEGO Galaxy, the newest addition to LEGOLAND California, is a celebration of space history -- LEGO Space history, that is. LEGO Galaxy opened with a roller coaster, two more space-themed rides, a LEGO...

Guests visiting LEGOLAND California on Friday (March 6) lifted off into a brand new space-themed land, packed with nods to LEGO Space history...

Mattel reveals Barbie Dream Team dolls including research astronaut Kellie Gerardi In 2023, Kellie Gerardi became the 674th person and 90th woman to fly into space. Now, three years later for International Women's Day, she has joined an even more exclusive group: she is the sixth fe...

What do an Australian surfer, a German pop star, a Polish mountain climber and an American tennis legend have in common with a research astronaut? They all now have one-of-a-kind dolls as members of Mattel's first-ever Barbie Dream Team...

NASA shuffles Artemis schedule to hasten return of astronauts to the moon As NASA continues to press forward with sending its first crew of astronauts to fly by the moon in more than 50 years, it is also making changes to its Artemis schedule, increasing its cadence from on...

NASA on Friday (Feb. 27) announced changes to its Artemis moon program, increasing the launch cadence and adding a new mission to precede landing on the lunar surface...