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4 bright planets light up March evenings — here's where and when to look

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars shine together after sunset in early March, with Mercury at its best of 2026.
The Mercury

NASA moves its Artemis II moon rocket off the launch pad for more repairs

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA moved its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar Wednesday for ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: NASA Achieves First Successful Mercury-Atlas Launch with MA-2 Mission in 1961

On, NASA marked a major milestone in America’s early space program with the first successful launch of a Mercury-Atlas rocket. [...] ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why NASA’s Artemis 3 Mission Isn’t Sending Astronauts to the Moon Anymore

The mission’s goals have changed, and Artemis 4 will be the first lunar landing attempt. Four missions are tentatively ...
CNET

NASA Pushes Back Next Moon Landing to Artemis IV Mission

Now that it's no longer set to be the moon-landing mission, the new goal of Artemis III is to launch into low-Earth orbit, ...

NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon

Isaacman reiterated the need for safety midway through Thursday’s fueling test, as he released a scathing report on Boeing’s Starliner capsule program that left two astronauts stuck for months aboard ...

Artemis III to test docking in low-Earth orbit before NASA returns astronauts to the lunar surface

NASA will send Artemis III to low-Earth orbit instead of the moon, testing docking systems before a planned 2028 lunar ...
The Mercury

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program to reduce flight gaps and risk

The shake-up in the flight lineup and push for a faster pace came just two days after NASA’s new moon rocket returned to its ...

NASA abruptly changes its roadmap to putting boots back on the moon

NASA on Friday announced an abrupt change to its pathway to getting astronauts back on the lunar surface, opting to add in an ...
Weston Mercury

March launch in jeopardy as Nasa’s Moon rocket hit by new problem

Nasa’s new Moon rocket has suffered another setback, putting next month’s planned launch with astronauts in jeopardy, the space agency announced. Officials revealed the latest problem just one day ...
Weston Mercury

Launch date set to be pushed back after Nasa’s Moon rocket hit by new problem

Nasa’s new Moon rocket has suffered another setback which looks likely to push back the date for a first lunar trip by astronauts in decades. The space agency revealed the latest problem just one day ...
The Manhattan Mercury

NASA chief rules out March launch of Moon mission over technical issues

NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues.