NASA Artemis II launch explained: What to know about rocket, mission
4 days ago · NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, the first crewed mission toward the moon in over 50 years. The mission is scheduled to launch on …
NASA Live - NASA
1 day ago · Lifting off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1, the mission will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA …
NASA astronauts return on SpaceX capsule after nine months
Mar 19, 2025 · The latest news and live updates as NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Boeing's Starliner to orbit, return on a SpaceX capsule after nine months in space.
Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station
Jan 15, 2026 · Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth.
Splashdown - Wikipedia
Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft or launch vehicle in a body of water, usually by parachute. This has been the primary recovery method of American capsules including NASA's …
Countdown: America is going back to the Moon and SpaceX
3 days ago · The mission uses NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft, which will fly around the Moon before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean around April 10.
SpaceX - Launches
1 day ago · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling …
Boeing: Space Launch, Human Flight & Space Landing Capsule
As the landing sequence progresses, heat shields jettison, parachutes deploy and airbags inflate, eventually ending in a first for an American orbital capsule: a safe landing on solid ground. Starliner …
SpaceX Dragon landing: Stranded Nasa astronauts to return to Earth
Mar 19, 2025 · Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have landed back on Earth after a faulty spacecraft turned their eight-day expedition into a protracted, nine-month mission. The veteran Nasa …
Why Returning Spacecraft Land in the Ocean — Sometimes
May 5, 2023 · Splashdown, the term for landing capsules or other spacecraft in a body of water with the help of parachutes, was NASA’s preferred method prior to the invention of the Space Shuttle.