Look at you, Artemis II! NASA's mighty Space Launch System rocket, the SLS, streaked across the sky after liftoff at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2026 − April Fool's Day hours before April's full moon − from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket ...

SpaceX is building a large Starship maintenance facility, named Gigabay, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starship rocket system will be used for NASA missions, including the Artemis program, and private satellite deployments. Construction on the ...

Italian space company Argotec is processing small satellites with plans to triple staffing by 2028 at its new U.S. headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.

SpaceX Starship V3 launch from Texas, Blue Origin $600 million Brevard expansion, NASA Artemis preparations headline FLORIDA TODAY space newsletter.

NASA's Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The 10-day mission will send four astronauts on a journey around the moon and back. This flight is a crucial test for future missions that aim to land ...

Lights illuminate NASA's Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan 18, 2026. NASA began a nearly 50-hour-long countdown Monday afternoon for launching the moon ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—The US military has always been part of NASA’s human spaceflight program. The first astronauts were nearly all military pilots, and two of the four crew members set to fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission ...

The rocket explosion, a contender for the largest in American history, marks a significant setback for Jeff Bezos and NASA.