Artemis 2 moon astronauts rehearse for launch day (photos)

The four astronauts who will fly around the moon on NASA’s Artemis 2 mission suited up, walked out and climbed aboard their spacecraft during a key prelaunch test at Kennedy Space Center.

Golden satellite insulation sparkles during test | Space photo of the day for Dec. 30, 2025

The test is designed to prepare satellites for one of the most complex tasks in space: safely approaching another object.

How NASA changed in 2025 — possibly forever

“The damage is real, but it doesn’t have to be permanent.”

Celestis books Stoke Space rocket for 2nd-ever deep space memorial flight for human remains

This historic 2026 ‘Infinite Flight’ service will blast off via a Stoke Space Nova rocket

Iran says it launched 3 satellites to space on Russian rocket: report

Iran has launched a trio of new satellites into space with the help of a Russian rocket, the country’s state media reported Sunday (Dec. 28).

12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned in 2025

We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.