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Artemis 2 ends with successful splashdown, first crewed moon mission in 50 years

NASA’s Orion capsule safely returned after a nine-day, million-kilometer journey, marking humanity’s first crewed flight near the moon since 1972 and paving the way for future lunar landings later this decade

Itay Navon | 04.11.26

First image from the far side of the moon revealed as Artemis 2 astronauts set distance record

NASA releases rare images of Earth from beyond moon’s far side; crew reaches 406,684 km from Earth (252,700 miles), the farthest humans have traveled, surpassing Apollo 13 record during historic mission

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.07.26

More than 400,000 km from Earth: Artemis 2 breaks 56-year-old record

Crew reached more than 400,000 km from Earth, enter lunar gravity zone and witness solar eclipse; Orion to make closest approach overnight before accelerating back toward Earth

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.06.26

Christina Koch peers out of one of the aircraft's windows

Artemis II aims to break Apollo 13 distance record during historic moon flyby

Artemis II astronauts prepare to break Apollo 13’s distance record while capturing rare views of the moon’s far side and witnessing a solar eclipse during humanity’s first lunar mission in more than 50 years

AP | 04.06.26

צוות ארמטמיס 2 בשיחה עם אנשי נאס"א, הלילה

Artemis II crew halfway to moon, set to surpass Apollo 13 distance record

The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom around

Associated Press | 04.04.26

One small fix for a toilet: Artemis II crew fixes malfunction after launch

Shortly after the Artemis II launch, a toilet malfunction was detected and fixed with help from mission control in Houston, after which the four astronauts were given four hours of rest; Christina Koch requested a song to wake them up

Yaron Drukman | 04.02.26

NASA launches Artemis II crew toward moon in first human mission beyond Earth orbit since 1972

Four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, begin historic lunar flyby mission, passing within 6,500 km of the moon as NASA targets a crewed landing by 2028

Yaron Drukman, Ettay Nevo | 04.02.26

בארי ווילמור וסוניטה וויליאמס לפני השיגור לחלל ביוני אשתקד

After 9 months in space, NASA report exposes failures in Boeing’s Starliner mission

Stranded for nine months at the International Space Station instead of a planned week, two astronauts were at the center of a 300-page NASA report sharply criticizing Boeing and agency leadership, classifying the mission as a serious failure and citing troubling lapses in decision-making

Reuters | 02.20.26

Small step for man, giant selfie for humanity: NASA sends smartphones to space

NASA is ushering in a pocket-sized revolution in spaceflight, allowing astronauts to carry personal smartphones that could transform space photography, modernize missions and bring a more human perspective to exploration beyond Earth

Raphael Kahan | 02.09.26

Christina Koch’s long road to the moon, from Antarctic ice to NASA’s Artemis 2

A veteran of Antarctic winters, record-setting space missions and all-female spacewalks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is days away from making history as the first woman to travel around the moon aboard Artemis 2

Yaron Drukman | 01.31.26

Not science fiction: the plan to build the first hotel on the moon

This is no distant futuristic vision: if plans stay on track, guests could check in to a lunar hotel as early as 2032; how much would it cost, and what would visitors actually be able to do there?

Roy Elman | 01.15.26

The Jewish billionaire who took over NASA, with a push from Musk

Senate confirms billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator; a strong pick, but his ties to the SpaceX chief cut both ways

Tzippy Shmilovitz | 12.29.25

המילים 'משימת הירח הרוסית', ירח ודגל רוסיה

Russia plans nuclear power station on the moon as global lunar race intensifies

Russia says it plans to build a nuclear power station on the moon by 2036 to support a long-term lunar program with China, as competition with the United States and other space powers accelerates

Yogev Israeli, Reuters | 12.25.25

The second Hubble Space Telescope view of comet 3I/ATLAS

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new images as it makes final pass through solar system

NASA and ESA release detailed views of 3I/ATLAS as the fast-moving interstellar comet approaches its Dec. 19 closest pass to Earth, with Hubble and Juice capturing its bright coma, twin tails and intense activity after its encounter with the sun

ynet Global | 12.08.25

התמונה הראשונה באור אולטרה-סגול מהאטמוספרה החיצונית של כדור הארץ, הגאוקורונה. תמונה זו צולמה על ידי צוות משימת אפולו 16 בשנת 1972

NASA launches spacecraft to reveal Earth’s invisible 'halo'

Apollo 16 first captured Earth’s faint 'halo' in 1972; now, a new NASA mission will study the planet’s outer glow to uncover how solar eruptions shape and affect our atmosphere

Yogev Israeli | 09.25.25