As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended a fiscal year 2027 budget proposal that would cut the agency’s budget by nearly 25%.

The Artemis II crew is almost at the moon, and the astronauts spent this weekend carrying out preparations for their lunar flyby on Monday. That included manual piloting demonstrations, reviewing their science objectives for the six-hour observation period and evaluating their space suits,

The mission, which launched on April 1, will see a crew go further into space than anyone else and is expected to reach the far side of the moon on April 6.

NASA sent a special message to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. For those unversed, NASA recently launched its historic Artemis II mission on Wednesday, April 1. Notably, Artemis II marks the first time in over 50 years that four astronauts have traveled beyond low Earth orbit.

Artemis II has successfully corrected its path, is now entering lunar space and is heading toward a historic Moon flyby that will test NASA’s future Moon mission plans.

In late March 2026, NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a US$180.4 million Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract for its IM-5 mission, using the larger Nova-D lander to deliver seven science and technology payloads, including an Australian Space Agency ...

Shortly after the Orion's launch, its four astronauts reported that the eight-figure loo was jammed because of a problem with its pump.