NASA is entering the tightest stretch yet before its first crewed lunar voyage of the Artemis era, with Artemis 2 now poised to fly astronauts around the moon roughly one month from now if final tests hold.

🚨Mission Update: Rollout for Artemis II is less than two weeks away.This milestone begins final, system-wide testing as NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with a launch window opening as soon as February 6. pic.twitter.com/gKRqUXIfMg January 2, 2026

NASA expects to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as soon as September, seeing it as evidence the agency can do flagships on cost and schedule.

Godspeed, Artemis 2! As early as February, 4 astronauts will board NASA's Orion capsule atop the SLS rocket in Florida for 10-day trip around the moon.

NASA is opting to bring home the four members of Crew-11 early after one of them suffered a medical incident on board the International Space Station.

Florida's Space Coast just hosted a record-shattering 109 orbital rocket launches during 2025, soaring beyond all previous annual records. Will this year's final total surpass that lofty sum from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center?

NASA has selected ARES Tech to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

NASA Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI) will launch to Venus in 2029 and includes an atmospheric descent probe. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center James Tralie (ADNET): Lead Producer Lead Editor Giada Arney (NASA): Narrator Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator James Garvin (NASA,