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Artemis Program

Artemis is the next chapter of space exploration. These missions will return humanity to the Moon, and prepare to go beyond. Artemis will also eventually send the first woman and person of color to walk on the lunar surface. Learn more ahead of the Artemis I mission.


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The spring of 2022 has been full of milestone events in our space program.

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Mercury

The smallest planet in our solar system is also the closest to the Sun. What else do you know about our small, rocky neighbor? Test your knowledge in this fun, educational quiz.

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Back dropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon is the International Space Station (ISS) as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation.

This November, humankind will celebrate the 20th anniversary of humans living continuously in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Learn more about the ISS and human life in space by reading the answers to the 20 most frequently asked questions about the ISS.


NASA astronauts, from left, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, assigned to fly on SpaceX's Demo-2 test flight of its Crew Dragon, are inside a mockup of the spacecraft at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug. 2, 2018, ahead of the agency's announcement of their commercial crew assignment.

After almost a decade, astronauts have launched from American soil again. This Astronaut’s Day, learn more about the two astronauts who will take part in this historic launch, Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken.