NASA's return to the Moon
The Artemis program is NASA's flagship effort to return humans to the lunar surface, targeting the first woman and person of color on the Moon. Built on the SLS rocket, Orion capsule, and Lunar Gateway space station, Artemis represents a new era of sustained lunar exploration. International partners including ESA, JAXA, and CSA are contributing key elements to this multi-mission campaign.
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Space Exploration
From the robotic arms that built the ISS to Jeremy Hansen's historic Moon orbit in April 2026, Canada's space agency punches far above its weight. A complete deep dive into the CSA — its technology, astronauts, satellites, and what comes next.
Space Industry
On February 22, 2024, the United States returned to the Moon for the first time in 52 years. The vehicle that carried America back wasn't a NASA-built spacecraf…
Space Exploration
NASA redesigned Artemis III as a low-Earth orbit HLS demonstration. Artemis IV (2028) is now the first crewed Moon landing. Here's everything that changed and why.
SpaceX
Starship caught its booster mid-air and survived re-entry. Here's what comes next: Starlink launches, Artemis HLS, and the first steps toward Mars.
Space Exploration
NASA is flying humans around the Moon. ISRO is preparing its first crewed orbit. Two missions, two budgets, two visions for humanity's future in space.
Space Exploration
Russia once led the space race. Today it launches fewer rockets than SpaceX alone. Inside Roscosmos's post-Soviet decline, Luna-25's crash, GLONASS, and the Amur reusable rocket gamble.
Space Exploration
Japan launched its first satellite in 1970, pioneered asteroid sample return with Hayabusa, nailed a 55-meter precision Moon landing, and built H3 for the
Space Exploration
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, put the first human in orbit, did the first spacewalk, built the first space stations, and dominated space for 30
Space Exploration
At 8:07 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 10, 2026, a charred but intact Orion capsule named Integrity splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. In…
Space Industry
NASA spends $25B, ESA pools 23 nations for ~$8B — yet both lead in science, Earth observation, and deep space. An honest side-by-side of how they differ.
Space Science
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in September 2026. It will map 100× more sky than Hubble per snapshot, hunt dark energy, and photograph's next great observatory.
Space Exploration
NASA's Artemis II launches April 1, 2026 — the first crewed Moon mission in 53 years. Launch time, live stream links, the four astronauts, mission timeline, and how to watch.
NASA
NASA paused the Lunar Gateway in March 2026, pivoting $20B to a surface base. What happens to built hardware, ESA-JAXA-CSA partners, and the Artemis
Space Exploration
Artemis II is humanity's first crewed Moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. Meet the four astronauts, understand the 10-day lunar flyby, and why this mission matters more than you think.
Space Exploration
NASA's $20B Moon base plan revealed: a permanent south-pole outpost by the early 2030s, Starship HLS landings, ISRU water mining, and the Artemis architecture shift.
Space Exploration
NASA's Lucy will visit 8 asteroids over 12 years, covering 6.3 billion km to study Jupiter's Trojan swarms — 4-billion-year-old fossils from planet formation.
Space Exploration
BepiColombo reaches Mercury orbit in late 2026 after 7 years and 6 flybys. Why Mercury is so hard to reach, what MESSENGER found, and what ESA-JAXA aim to
Space Exploration
New Horizons' July 2015 Pluto flyby at 49,600 km/h revealed nitrogen glaciers and the heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio — then pushed on to Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth.