The Artemis II crew have safely returned home after re-entering Earth's atmosphere at 25,000mph (40,000km/h), splashing down off the coast of California. They have travelled deeper into space than any ...

Despite problems during the unpiloted Artemis I reentry, the Artemis II crew is confident their heat shield will protect them during a fiery descent to Earth.

Last night, they made history during an emotional flyby around the Moon in which they observed areas of the far side that no one had seen with the naked eye. The astronauts of Artemis 2 made history ...

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman said the mission astronauts were "locked in" as their capsule circled the Moon and started heading back towards the Earth. Over a period of seven hours, the crew ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are on the way home after arriving in space in June 2024 NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been in space for the past nine months, are ...

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell about Kosmos 482, the Soviet-era spacecraft that was stranded over 50 years ago during a mission to Venus. It will soon return to Earth.