Exploring The Cosmos

Launch Details Target launch: April 1, 2026 at 6:24 p.m. EDT 2-hour launch window Backup opportunities through April 6 Mission Overview First crewed Artemis mission Crew: 4 astronauts (NASA + Canadian Space Agency) Duration: ~10 days Mission: Fly around the Moon and return Systems Being Tested Orion spacecraft with humans onboard Life support systems and deep space capabilities Prepares for future Moon missions

Artemis II marks humanity’s return to deep space with a crew onboard for the first time since 1972. While often discussed as a systems test, the mission carries a robust scientific agenda focused on one critical variable: humans. From crew health and performance to real-time lunar observations, Artemis II uses human data to shape how future missions will safely and effectively explore beyond the Moon. This mission is not just about going farther. It is about understanding how

A giant balloon carries NASA’s ASTHROS telescope to the edge of space, revealing how stars shape galaxies and how new worlds begin.

CRS-21 delivered some of the most innovative science to the International Space Station, from brain organoids and beating heart cells to microbial mapping and asteroid biomining. Each experiment brings us closer to understanding how life adapts beyond Earth.

On September 24, 2025, at 7:30 a.m. EST, NASA successfully launched the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission marks a major step forward in heliophysics, expanding our understanding of the solar system’s boundary and the forces that shape it.

If successful, ADSEP-PIL-11 could lead to better cancer drugs and demonstrate the unique value of the ISS for biotechnology. Just like other space experiments, what we learn in orbit has the potential to benefit people all over the planet.

Cygnus CRS-2 NG-23 launch heading to the International Space Station with the GULBI experiment in the payload. In space, clean water is...

Explore some of the science in the payload heading to the ISS on the NG-23 launch. Growing the Future of Electronics in Space

A Falcon 9 booster rests at Port Canaveral after multiple launches and recoveries, awaiting refurbishment for its next mission. A...

Milky Way over the Big Island, Hawai'i Thank you for your interest in this Analog Astronaut Research project. You can view the abstract...

View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew — astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander; astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot;...