Kenneth Chang

Four astronauts will be part of the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon by 2028. The recent explosion of a Blue Origin rocket could complicate matters.

Four astronauts will be part of the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon by 2028. The recent explosion of a Blue Origin rocket could complicate matters.

Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a series of tests with the lunar lander. What it lacked in glory it made up for in technological contributions.

Four astronauts will be part of the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon by 2028. The recent explosion of a Blue Origin rocket could complicate matters.

NASA’s Artemis program has little room for error if it is to land astronauts on the moon by the end of 2028, but Blue Origin could be out of commission for at least a year.

Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas will be part of the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon by 2028. The recent explosion of a Blue Origin rocket could complicate matters.

Elon Musk said he had initially given SpaceX less than a 10 percent chance of succeeding. His rocket company has come a long way.

NASA’s missions these days rarely feature all-male crews. Jared Isaacman, its administrator, said women play prominent roles throughout the space agency.

About 25 years ago, Adeo Ressi, a former college roommate of Elon Musk's, begged the tech entrepreneur not to start a rocket company.

NASA has chosen four astronauts for the Artemis III mission, but there has been a major setback: the destruction of a Blue Origin rocket and its only launchpad. Our science reporter Katrina Miller describes what this event might mean for the U.S. goal of landing on the moon by 2028.