CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.
FILE - NASA's new rocket Artemis II sits on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s giant new moon rocket headed to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-arou…
NASA's Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, is seen inside the Vehicle Assembly building as preparations continue for roll out to Launch Pad 39B, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)
In this photo provided by NASA, the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, is seen inside the Vehicle Assembly building as preparations continue for roll out to Launch Pad 39B, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP)
An ailing astronaut is back on Earth. The crew of four have returned Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego. The trip home took less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station. It was an unexpected end to a mission that began in August and left the orbiting lab with only three on board. NASA and SpaceX have said they will try to move up the launch of the next crew, currently targeted for mid-February.
FILE - A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket stands ready for launch at pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, June 26, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, file)