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Jordan joins Artemis Accords, int'l principles for exploring Moon, Mars, space, NASA says

NASA announced Jordan has joined the Artemis Accords, an international agreement covering peaceful and transparent exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

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A handout image taken by the Artemis II crew captures craters dotting the surface of the Moon, revealing its rugged, ancient surface, photographed by the NASA Artemis II crew from the Orion spacecraft during the lunar flyby mission, April 6, 2026.
An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

NASA tracks colossal asteroid on a close approach to Earth

Close approach expected in 2029 at about 32,000 kilometers above Earth; 'something like this has not been recorded in human history'

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A "selfie" taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23, in this image released on September 10, 2025

Water on Mars? Scientists discover 'bathtub ring' which may reveal contours of ancient ocean

Like Earth and the solar system's other planets, Mars formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago. Early in its history, Mars was warmer and wetter than the cold and arid place it is today.

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NASA's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after trip around moon

It took recovery teams less than two hours to secure the floating capsule and retrieve the crew, ending the first human voyage to the vicinity of the moon in over fifty years.

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Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after historic crewed mission to the Moon

After 10 days in space, Artemis II astronauts are set for a splashdown in the Pacific, marking humanity’s return to the Moon's vicinity for the first time since Apollo.

APRIL 10, 2026ByREUTERS
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover is pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby April 6, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts brace for fiery return to Earth

The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, are due to splash down off the Southern California coast on Friday.

APRIL 9, 2026ByREUTERS
The NASA Artemis II crew, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover, embrace inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home following a flyby of the far side of the Moon on April 7, 2026.

WATCH: Artemis makes lunar flyby as moon mission breaks record for human distance from earth

The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, awoke around 10:50 a.m. for their sixth flight day to a recorded message from late astronaut Jim Lovell.

APRIL 6, 2026ByREUTERS
NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.

NASA’s Artemis II mission takes off with four astronauts for historic lunar journey

The mission, a 10-day journey around the Moon, represents the United States' most significant step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface within this decade.

APRIL 2, 2026ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, April 1, 2026

Countdown to a lunar comeback: NASA readies astronauts for Moon journey

Christina Koch is expected to become the first woman to fly around the moon.

MARCH 31, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
General view of the moon on March 30, 2026

NASA set for first crewed moon return in over half a century

The mission is the first crewed test flight in NASA's Artemis program, the flagship US effort to begin regular flights to the moon, at an estimated cost of at least $93 billion since 2012.

MARCH 31, 2026ByREUTERS
The sun is captured over Earth's horizon by a crew member aboard the International Space Station in this May 21, 2013 photo courtesy of NASA.

NASA charts course to a permanent lunar outpost and a nuclear‑propelled Mars vehicle

The updated exploration plan details surface habitat concepts, cargo and power infrastructure, and a nuclear thermal propulsion pathfinder for crewed deep-space transit.

MARCH 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.

NASA shakes up moon program with Artemis test mission before astronaut lunar landing

Planned for 2027, the new mission comes as the US aims to establish regular lunar missions, a long-awaited follow-up to its first moon missions in the Apollo program, which ended in 1972.

FEBRUARY 28, 2026ByREUTERS
The countdown clock for the launch of NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is seen near the massive Vehicle Assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 20, 2026.

NASA may roll back Artemis II rocket after helium flow issue, March launch at risk

NASA said it is taking steps to roll back the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026ByREUTERS
NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida (Illustrative).

'Unprofessional behavior': NASA report rips into astronaut-stranding Starliner mission

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman ripped into Boeing and agency leadership for their handling of the Starliner mission during a news conference timed with the release of the 300-page report.

FEBRUARY 20, 2026ByREUTERS
A UNITED Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), is launched on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US June 5, 2024.