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NASA’s Artemis II astronauts return safely after a historic Moon mission, marking the first crewed deep-space flight since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA’s Artemis II crew returns after historic Moon mission

April 11, 2026, 09:03 AM - 2 min read

They spent ten days in space after lifting off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center last week, travelling farther from Earth than any humans in decades.

Back to the moon and beyond

April 7, 2026, 05:25 PM - 8 min read

Artemis is more than just a trip around the moon. It is part of a larger plan to return humans to the lunar surface, establish a permanent base and eventually prepare for missions to Mars. It envisages using the Moon as both a laboratory and a launch pad for future expeditions deep into space.

The journey began on April 1 with a spectacular launch from the Kennedy Space Centre atop the Space Launch System rocket. Since breaking away from Earth's orbit, the crew has been focused on a trajectory that will bring them within just over 4,000 miles of the lunar surface.

Artemis II travels farthest ever into space, outpaces Apollo 13

April 7, 2026, 10:59 AM - 2 min read

The mission is currently expected to reach a pinnacle distance of approximately 252,756 miles from Earth before the crew begins their journey home.

During the journey, the astronauts spent over six hours observing the moon’s geography, providing humans’ point of view about the geographical features observed only by the eyes of mechanical probes before.

Artemis II crew reconnects with NASA after 40-minute blackout

April 7, 2026, 08:44 AM - 3 min read

Earlier in the flight, the Artemis II team eclipsed the long-standing distance record established by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.

NASA’s Artemis II crew inside the Orion capsule during their lunar mission.

NASA's Artemis II crew enters Moon’s orbit

April 6, 2026, 06:16 PM - 3 min read

Artemis II astronauts entered the Moon’s orbit and are set to break the record for farthest human spaceflight, marking a key step in NASA’s lunar return mission.

NASA's Orion spacecraft during "proximity operations" after separating from the rocket's upper stage as part of the Artemis II mission.

NASA launches Artemis II mission around the Moon

April 2, 2026, 09:29 AM - 2 min read

The Artemis II crew consists of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. They are expected to spend about ten days in space.

Billion suns in the dark: Unmasking a hidden cosmic explosion

March 5, 2026, 05:18 PM - 6 min read

The radio afterglow has been detected of a powerfulspace explosion that went unseen, possibly an orphan gamma-ray burst or a rareblackhole event 1.7 billion light-years away.

Why NASA is building a space station around the Moon

February 6, 2026, 01:15 PM - 6 min read

Debate continues among policymakers as to its value and necessity within the Artemis programme.

Hunting for alien life in deep space

February 5, 2026, 01:20 PM - 6 min read

Planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common type of known exoplanet. It was for one of these planets, K2-18b, that a bold claim of a detection of a biosignature was made in 2025.

Dark matter mapped in high resolution

January 27, 2026, 06:21 PM - 4 min read

Dark matter exerts gravity, just like ordinary matter, and can hold together galaxies, which the map reaffirms with a new level of clarity

She is an accomplished helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, having logged more than 4,000 flight hours in 40 different aircraft

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams retires

January 21, 2026, 08:42 AM - 5 min read

Williams, 60, a former Navy captain, set numerous human spaceflight records, including logging 608 days in space, the second-most cumulative time by a NASA astronaut

Officials refused to identify the astronaut who needed care last week and would not divulge the health concerns, but clarified that the ailing astronaut is “stable, safe and well cared for”.

Four NASA astronauts return to Earth in first medical evacuation

January 15, 2026, 09:05 AM - 3 min read

Officials refused to identify the astronaut who needed care last week and would not divulge the health concerns