NASA’s Artemis II astronauts were treated to a view of the full crescent phase Earth on Thursday, April 2, about 12 hours after the spaceship launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Footage

The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova-C "Athena" moon lander captured views of the SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage and Earth post deployment. Credit: Intuitive Machines / SpaceX | edited by Space.com

Sometime next year, a new NASA instrument designed and built in Colorado will get an eagle-eye view of Earth. The instrument, known as Libera, will circle the planet from high above, scanning every inch of the globe daily to track how much radiative energy ...

The view of Earth from space is famously familiar—bright blue ocean, swirling gyres of white clouds, touches of terrestrial green. The luminosity of this image is the result of the sun’s rays shining on the planet, where they’re either reflected or ...

Four astronauts lifted off before sunset Wednesday, starting a historic 10-day journey to fly by the moon and propel people farther into space than they have ever gone before. The Artemis II mission is scheduled to loop around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era.

While Artemis II will not be landing on the moon, it will pick up where Apollo 17 mission left off and set the stage for the upcoming Artemis III.