The end of the historic Artemis II mission kicks off a race to establish a permanent human presence on the moon.

Dr. Marvel was, until recently, a research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Artemis II’s journey around the moon, scheduled to conclude on Friday, has delivered stunning new images of our home world taken from space.

The story behind the beautiful pictures beamed back to Earth from the Artemis II astronauts.

On some evenings the rising Moon seems to swell into a glowing disk that dwarfs city skylines and mountain ridges, as if it has suddenly crept closer to Earth. The effect is so striking that it fuels social media myths about “giant” full Moons and ...

While science can seem colorless and plain, NASA’s lunar crew members have brought expressiveness and emotion about their journey to mission control and the public.

Moon, as seen from the UK. Image by Tim Sandle Moon, as seen from the UK. Image by Tim Sandle Moonquakes are more common than previously thought, a consequence of a shrinking and, at the same time, cracking Moon. Scientists have uncovered more than a ...

Artemis II astronauts are returning to Earth after a historic lunar flyby, setting a new record for human spaceflight.