NASA’s Artemis II mission brought fresh attention back to the Moon after the crew splashed down on April 10, 2026, following a nearly 10-day lunar flyby. That mission did not land astronauts on the Moon, but it did reinforce a bigger point. The Moon is once again central to the future of spaceflight. Helium 3 … Read more
The United States did not stop going to the Moon because it lost the ability to get there. It stopped because Apollo was never just a scientific project. It was a Cold War mission shaped by politics, prestige, and money. In the 1960s, the space race gave the Moon enormous symbolic value. The Soviet Union … Read more
NASA is targeting the Artemis II launch for Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6:24 p.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission will be the first crewed flight of the Artemis program. It will also be the first time astronauts fly aboard NASA’s SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. What Is Artemis II Artemis … Read more