China set for crewed lunar tests, record launches, moon mission and reusable rockets in 2026 China appears set to accelerate its launch rate this year while also conducting tests key to its crewed lunar ambitions and launching major missions.

Audiologist and Army officer, Dr. Kelly Linton, ensures astronaut readiness for NASA’s Artemis Moon mission, linking local expertise with global space exploration.

Blue Origin holds a $3.4 billion contract with Nasa to develop its Blue Moon lander, designed to shuttle astronauts to and from the moon, with a landing originally targeted for 2029

NASA’s next Moon astronauts have entered strict quarantine which will last two weeks in a major sign that their historic Artemis II mission is just weeks away from launch

Interlune is raising a new round of investment to support its plan to identify and extract resources on the moon, starting with helium-3.

History recalls the names of Borman, Lovell, and Anders; of Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin; of Apollo 13’s Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise. It may soon recall, as well, Artemis II’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen.

The mission, called Artemis II, will send a crew in the Orion capsule to verify that its life-support, navigation, communications, and flight systems work as designed in deep space. The astronauts are Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch of NASA, and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency.