NASA’s Artemis II makes triumphant return to Earth after ‘bullseye’ landing in the Pacific Ocean – bringing history-making Moon mission to an end
[ad_1] NASA’s Artemis II crew successfully splashed down after their historic moon mission, as their Orion spacecraft made a fiery plunge through Earth’s atmosphere Friday night. The spacecraft reached blistering speeds of up to 25,000 miles per hour before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California at 8.07pm ET. […]
Artemis II astronaut sends subtle message back to Earth as NASA crew shatters Apollo-era record
[ad_1] The Artemis II commander sent a subtle message back to Earth just minutes before he and his crew shattered a record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. The four-person team, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, reached a maximum distance of 252,757 miles from Earth […]
Moment BBC science editor is left in tears during emotional reaction to NASA’s Artemis II lift-off: ‘That is spectacular!’
[ad_1] This is the moment the BBC’s science editor was left in tears during NASA’s Artemis II lift-off. The spacecraft will take four astronauts on the first manned mission to reach the moon since 1972. It officially launched yesterday evening on its mammoth 285,000-mile (1.1 million km) round trip to the dark side […]
NASA fixing ‘battery issue’ that could threaten Artemis countdown with 30 minutes until historic moon mission: Live updates
[ad_1] By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and CHRIS MELORE and STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR and KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD OF LIVE NEWS Updated: 17:59 EDT, 1 April 2026 The countdown clock has begun this afternoon for the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission to the moon from the Kennedy Space […]
On 3 March, The ‘Worm Moon’ Will Turn Blood Red
[ad_1] !function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=”//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js”,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src=”https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb”;cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({“playerId”:”8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb”,”mediaId”:”8ada6b79-325c-4aef-9b1d-9f05b4b23378″}).render(“69a1bef8e4b022e3a55846dc”);}); On 3 March 2026, the “worm moon” – a name given to the full moon in March – will rise. And due to an event called a total lunar eclipse, this year, it’s set to look deep red from some parts of the Earth. What is a total lunar eclipse? This can […]