The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.

Over seven hours, the astronauts took thousands of photos that will help inform scientists’ understanding of the moon. The first ones have now been released.

The fireball was first spotted over the Atlantic Ocean before heading southwest at 30,000 miles per hour.

While NASA avoided the worst of the proposed cuts, it did not escape them entirely. One part of the agency feeling the hurt from the budget is its planetary science program. In addition to Congress’s decision to cancel Mars Sample Return, the program’s overall budget of $2.7 billion in 2025 shrunk by nearly $200 million in 2026.

NASA has released an official playlist curated by astronauts for the Artemis II mission, offering a glimpse into the music that will accompany the crew on their journey around the Moon.

Four astronauts traveling back from the far side of the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission will speak with reporters in their first press conference from

When the crew of the Artemis II mission to the moon splash lands off the coast Friday, it won’t be San Diego’s first moment in the NASA spotlight. It won’t even be the first time a spacecraft has splashed down in the same general location.

NASA has determined that trapped gases inside the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield caused unexpected damage during the uncrewed Artemis I mission, and the agency now says it can fly astronauts safely on Artemis II by changing how the capsule re-enters Earth’s atmosphere.