August 17, 2022 NASA's moon rocket arrives at launch pad for 1st test flight NASA's Artemis rocket arrived at its launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its Aug. 29 launch. The capsule is expected to orbit the moon for several weeks.
August 9, 2022 Russia launches Iranian satellite into space amid fears it will be used to surveil Ukraine An Iranian satellite was launched by a Russian Soyuz rocket into space on Tuesday amid fears that it could be used by the countries to surveil Ukraine and Iran.
August 3, 2022 Shaun the Sheep will be the first 'astronaut' to fly on the Artemis I lunar mission Aardman and the European Space Agency announced the specially trained astronaut, Shaun the Sheep, has been assigned a seat on the Artemis I mission to the Moon
July 30, 2022 Chinese rocket falls to Earth, NASA says Beijing did not share information Orbital debris of a massive Chinese rocket reentered the Atmosphere over the Indian Ocean at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday.
July 25, 2022 Chinese rocket debris expected to crash land in unknown location China launched a laboratory module on Sunday to be added to its space station, but debris from its massive rocket is expected to fall back to Earth at an unknown location.
July 24, 2022 China is mostly finished with creating its own space station China is nearing completion of its Taigong space station after sending the second of three modules into orbit Sunday. The project is set to be completed by the end of 2022.
July 21, 2022 Goodyear is developing metal tires for moon buggies Goodyear has teamed up with General Motors and Lockheed Martin to develop a new metal tire for the lunar mobility vehicle that will service the Artemis mission.
July 20, 2022 NASA sets launch dates for its return to the moon with giant, new rocket NASA is shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket. Wednesday's announcement came on the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
July 20, 2022 53 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first people to walk on the moon On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. The two reached the moon's surface using the Apollo 11 lunar module.
July 16, 2022 Webb telescope images show ‘how people can work together’ to create something ‘truly amazing’: Principal investigator Principal investigator of the NRI-CAM on the James Webb Space Telescope Marcia Rieke shares her ‘absolute joy’ at the success of the project and the opportunity the Webb telescope provides for future space exploration.
