Calling all star gazers, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks next week!

With the spacecraft crippled and more than 210,000 miles from Earth, flight directors and engineers in Houston, led by Eugene F. Kranz, worked tirelessly with astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise to ensure their safe return, ultimately turning a potential tragedy into a "successful failure."

With NASA's lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash, the space agency already has the next Artemis flight in its sights.

Artemis II's moon-traveling astronauts are back home and feted to a thunderous welcome.

University of Houston aerospace engineering and space architecture students gathered to watch the final moments of NASA’s Orion mission, and for a few breathless minutes, the room fell completely silent.

After traveling hundreds of thousands of miles around the moon, the four astronauts aboard Artemis II are set to make their return to Earth Friday evening, with a high-stakes splashdown marking the final and most dangerous phase of the mission.

The first astronauts to visit the moon in more than a half-century are home.

The Artemis II astronauts are tidying up their lunar cruiser for Friday's “fireball” return to Earth.

As NASA sends astronauts farther into space than any human has traveled in decades, the most dangerous part of the mission isn’t the launch… or even the trip around the moon.

If you’ve ever wondered what astronauts wake up to while orbiting the moon… it’s not silence, it’s a full-on vibe.

Before astronauts aboard Artemis II ever left Earth, they spent years inside a simulator in Houston preparing for nearly every scenario they could face in space.

New images of the moon from NASA’s Artemis II mission are offering rare, detailed views from deep space, captured using a carefully selected set of cameras aboard the spacecraft.

The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station.

The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station.

The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8.

NASA officials shared new details on the Artemis II mission, highlighting life support limits, technical challenges, and what astronauts may observe during their trip around the Moon.

The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record.

The Artemis II astronauts have completed their record-breaking trip around the moon.

NASA officials shared new details on the Artemis II mission, highlighting life support limits, technical challenges, and what astronauts may observe during their trip around the Moon.

The Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon.

NASA granted KPRC 2’s Gage Goulding rare access inside Mission Control at Johnson Space Center as the Artemis II crew travels toward the moon, offering a firsthand look at the team responsible for guiding the historic mission.

The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.

Frenchie’s Italian Restaurant, a longtime favorite of astronauts and NASA staff, is seeing increased activity, with owner Frankie Camera hopeful that the Artemis program will restore enthusiasm and prosperity to the area.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century.

It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972.

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are preparing to travel beyond low-Earth orbit and return to the Moon.

Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century.

Four Astronauts, one Mission, 230,000 Miles

The countdown has begun toward humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years.

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.

The four astronauts making NASA's next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era.

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site.

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.

On March 21,2026 a meteor fireball streaked over Houston, causing sonic booms and shakes across southeast Texas. NASA confirms the 1-ton rock exploded with 26 tons of TNT energy. Meanwhile, we're tracking the chance for record-breaking heat.

NASA's moon rocket is back at the launch pad following hangar repairs.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion.

NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun.

NASA is revamping its Artemis moon landing program.

NASA's Mike Fincke has identified himself as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medical evacuation.

Astronaut Mike Fincke released a statements weeks after NASA made a rare move to cut the crews mission short after Fincke experienced a medical issue in space.

NASA is moving its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar for more repairs.

NASA plans to roll the Artemis II rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after high winds and cold temperatures halted launch pad work at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA's giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar for more repairs.

NASA’s new moon rocket has suffered another setback, with astronauts’ lunar trip now off until spring.

NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test.

NASA's new boss is blasting Boeing and the space agency for Starliner's botched flight that left two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station.

NASA has taken another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal.

The International Space Station is back to full strength with the arrival of four new astronauts.

The replacements for the astronauts involved in NASA's first medical evacuation are on their way to the International Space Station.

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of leaking hydrogen fuel.

NASA has run into a leak while fueling its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test before sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around.

Catch up on the latest news updates from Houston and around the world.

NASA has delayed astronauts' upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.

A NASA high-altitude WB-57 aircraft experienced a belly landing at Ellington Airfield in Houston on Tuesday.

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago.

The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy" during the medical crisis.

NASA's giant new moon rocket is finally at the launch pad.

An ailing astronaut is back on Earth.

An astronaut in need of medical care is on the way back to Earth.

In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.

A medical concern with a crew member aboard the International Space Station has led NASA to postpone a planned spacewalk.

As the clock struck midnight, it brought in a new year but also ushered out a critical lifeline of affordability for many dependent on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance.

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026.

Houston students got a front-row seat to the future of space exploration this week, and the chance to show off designs inspired by it.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery.

Saturn's giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all.

Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job.

A U.S.-Russian crew of three has started a mission at the International Space Station after their launch on a Russian spacecraft.

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight.

NASA is unveiling close-up pictures of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of our solar system.

Blue Origin has launched its huge New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.

Strong solar storms responsible for breathtaking auroras across the U.S. have delayed the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket.

President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have successfully tested a supersonic jet designed to minimize noise.

The International Space Station is marking 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit.

The Orionid meteor shower peaks this year with the arrival of a new moon, offering a rare chance to see shooting stars without moonlight interference.

The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday as it approached the tiny British territory, with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind.

NASA has released the first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite showing the Maine coast and Minnesota farmland in incredible detail.

A cluster of space weather satellites has blasted off to cast fresh eyes on solar storms.

According to NASA’s website, the selected candidates will undergo nearly two years of training before they become flight-eligible astronauts for agency missions to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and ultimately, Mars.

“As space infrastructure moves from government-led to commercially operated, it’s critical we preserve and expand access to low-Earth orbit (LOE) for science,” Dr. Lucie Low, Axiom’s chief science officer, said.

A supply ship has arrived at the International Space Station after a day's delay due to a premature engine shutdown.

Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life.

Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

It turns out Mars has a solid core just like Earth.

According to its website, NASA is seeking “volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth."

The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a five-month stay at the International Space Station.

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.

The Trump administration wants to end two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health.

One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired.

SpaceX has delivered a new crew to the International Space Station in just 15 hours.

Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing's Starliner trouble and other issues.