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Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after trip around moon

It took recovery teams less than two hours to secure the floating capsule and retrieve the crew, ending the first human voyage to the vicinity of the moon in over fifty years.

NASA's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026.
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover is pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby April 6, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after historic crewed mission to the Moon

The NASA Artemis II crew, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover, embrace inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home following a flyby of the far side of the Moon on April 7, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts brace for fiery return to Earth

NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.

WATCH: Artemis makes lunar flyby as moon mission breaks record for human distance from earth


How the 'Black Beauty' of Sahara helped scientists determine hot water existed on the Red Planet

The presence of hot liquid water during early magmatic activity on Mars supports the idea that suitable conditions for the emergence of life existed on the Red Planet.

 Mars landscape.

DESI confirms Einstein's relativity on cosmic scales with unprecedented precision.

“We also needed to test that our assumption works on much larger scales," said cosmologist Pauline Zarrouk.

 Sparring antennae galaxies.

NASA to integrate Israeli Odysight.ai cameras into aerospace vehicles

Odysight's AI-driven Predictive Maintenance (PdM) and Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) systems will be integrated into several aeronautical flight trials in the coming months.

 NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida (Illustrative).

U.S. Congress to hold hearing on UFOs featuring testimonies from former military officials

House Republicans, led by Representatives Nancy Mace and Glenn Grothman, are spearheading the initiative to bring systemic transparency to the issue of UAPs.

 Congresswoman Nancy Mace visits McEntire Joint National Guard Base by S.C. Air National Guard.

Rare space event made us think all the wrong things about this solar system planet

If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".

 View from the International Space Station.

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev suggests some Apollo moon landing footage was filmed on earth

In Russia, skepticism about the Moon landings is strong; a 2020 poll found that 49% of Russians still doubt US astronauts landed on the Moon.

 Apollo 11 first moon landing by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, 1969 in magazine.

Engineers use backup transmitter inactive since 1981 to reconnect with Voyager 1

The interruption began when communications with Voyager 1 ceased completely on October 19. Antennas around the world had not received any signals, leading engineers to realize there was an issue.

 Voyager 1, illustration.

NASA backs Hawking's prediction of earth's end, urges urgent climate action

Experts warn that humanity may need to leave earth by 2600 due to climate change and resource depletion.

 The Webb Telescope's 'Golden Spider'. Image by James Webb Space Telescope is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Could Jupiter's moon be habitable? NASA sends 'Europa Clipper' to find out

The spacecraft will be NASA's first dedicated to studying a distant ice-covered moon in our solar system to determine whether it could be habitable for life. 

Europa Clipper spacecraft

Astronomers observe early galaxy growth with new NASA telescope

Before using NASA's JWST telescope, studying galaxy growth at such an early stage in the universe was impossible.

 An artisitc illustration of a quasar and supermassive black hole from the early universe.