The first images from Artemis II reveal what the moon looks like just 7,000 km from the surface—and confirm that NASA is ready to return to Earth’s satellite.

While science can seem colorless and plain, NASA’s lunar crew members have brought expressiveness and emotion about their journey to mission control and the public.

How automated reasoning reconciles the demands of security, performance, and maintainability.

The White House and NASA released imagery captured by the cameras of the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission.

For the first time ever, humans have glimpsed the entire far side of the moon with their own eyes — and their photos are beginning to come in

Eliminating outreach to people with severe mental illness set off such a cascade of bad outcomes that Idaho has scrambled to reverse the cuts.

The NASA lunar flyby took the four crew members farther from Earth than any humans. They witnessed a solar eclipse and received praise in a call from President Trump.

The conversation celebrated a small, but significant, step in an ambitious plan for missions to the moon and Mars that Mr. Trump had set early in his first term.

A floating Nutella jar aboard NASA's Artemis II went viral, with internet users calling the zero-gravity moment the greatest free advertisement in history.

Scientists prefer to call the backside of the moon its “far” side.

The Artemis II crew enters a historic communications blackout Monday as their spacecraft slips behind the Moon's far side, breaking distance records.

The astronauts will head into a communications blackout at 6:44 p.m. Eastern time as they become the first people to travel around the moon since 1972.

Three Americans and one Canadian traveling on NASA’s Orion spacecraft surpassed a milestone set by the crew of Apollo 13 in 1970.

The crew shared an emotional moment with mission control and the family of Reid Wiseman, whose wife, Carroll, died in 2020, on the ground in Houston.

The Gulf’s water system is built with layers of backup, but it relies on continuous operation to hold.

As Artemis II flies around the far side of the moon, our graphics editor Marco Hernandez describes what the astronauts are looking for.

Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies.

The crew of four will become the humans who have traveled farthest from Earth at 1:56 p.m. Eastern time. Later, the astronauts will pass behind the moon.

Artemis II remains on course for its lunar flyby as the crew shares historic photos of Earth, tests key systems for future lunar missions, and attempts to fix the toilet.

NASA says the estimated maximum distance from Earth during today's flyby by the Orion spacecraft will exceed 406,000 kilometres, beating the 400,171 kilometres set by Apollo 13.

The moon is not just a barren rock orbiting the Earth. The Artemis missions could answer the great unknowns that the satellite holds.

The crew’s Orion capsule entered what’s known as the lunar sphere of influence at around 12:41 a.m. ET Monday, crossing into the region of space where the moon’s gravitational pull is stronger than the pull of Earth’s.

Jeremy Hansen, along with two U.S. astronauts, took part in a live question-and-answer session from aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft to answer questions submitted by Canadian kids.

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman says Artemis II would not be at this moment without President Trump as Orion prepares to pass the far side of the Moon.

In an interview with NBC News from space, the crew of NASA's Artemis II moon mission described seeing the moon from a new angle, feelings of awe and humility, and taking care of their human needs.

The astronauts will arrive about 10,300 kilometers beyond our satellite, breaking all previous records for distance from Earth. But how was their route chosen?

NASA has shared the first breathtaking views of Earth taken from the Artemis II mission as the crew continues its journey toward the moon

Researchers have developed a method of making french fries that results in a healthier bite without sacrificing crispiness.

Speaking from the aboard Orion as it throttles toward the moon, the Artemis II crew answered questions about the launch and their space journey so far.

Native Americans had dice and games of probability 12,000 years ago, according to a new study. That’s far earlier than the practice is thought to have existed anywhere in the Old World.

A key engine burn Thursday is expected to put NASA's Artemis II astronauts on an irreversible path around the moon.

Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.

As strikes continue on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the real danger isn’t the explosion, but what happens if critical safety systems fail—and how that risk could spread across the Gulf.

Epia Neuro’s brain-computer interface will include a motorized glove to help stroke patients recover movement in their hand.

NASA's Artemis II mission is underway. The astronauts are scheduled to fly around the moon Monday. Here's what to know about their 10-day journey through space.

The crew of Artemis II will not descend to the moon, but their capsule will fly over the far side of its surface.

Eli Lilly’s once-daily Foundayo is the second obesity pill to receive FDA approval. It will compete with Novo Nordisk’s pill version of Wegovy.

Low-rank adaptation, data augmentation, and chain-of-thought reasoning are among the techniques enabling accent-free polyglot outputs, improved expressiveness, and reliable synthesis.

Locals and visitors who came for the moon launch are jockeying for prime spots to see NASA's Artemis II mission lift off, with some resorting to extreme measures.

The Artemis II mission crew includes the first woman, the first Black person, and the first non-American astronaut to travel to the lunar environment.

Harrison Schmitt, now 90, was on the Apollo 17 mission — the last time humans visited the moon. On Wednesday, NASA's Artemis II mission aims to kickstart a return.

Dr. Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut and the last person to walk on the moon, speaks with NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrist about his experience, moon rock samples, and the significance of the upcoming Artemis II mission for the next generation.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Artemis II mission, the long-awaited (and long-delayed) human return to the moon.

The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System was due for completion in 2016. Ten years later, the software for controlling the military’s GPS satellites still doesn’t work.

NASA Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen are set to launch as early as April 1.

The squeaking of sneakers on a basketball court is one of sports’ most recognizable sounds. NBC News’ Steven Romo examines a recent study exploring the science behind this noisy phenomenon.

NASA plans to launch four astronauts on a 10-day trip around the moon as early as Wednesday. Here's what to know about the Artemis II mission.

Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful.

If all goes to plan, Calgary-born Jenni Gibbons won't be on the rocket — but she will still perform a critical role in its launch and voyage through space.

The spring heat wave that baked the West for over a week has finally moved along, after setting more than 1,500 temperature records across 11 states.

Photos show the rocket and spacecraft that NASA will use to launch astronauts toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke speaks with NBC News' Tom Costello about his health issues that prompted the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station earlier this year.

Amid the West’s snow drought, several ski areas are storing up manmade snow and saving it under mats for next ski season — a process known as "snow farming."

Some Colorado residents have already been told to reduce their water use — the earliest such restrictions ever imposed — following a heat wave and snow drought.

That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years.

Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

NASA's Artemis return-to-the-moon program is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Could a successful mission quiet its critics?

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers.

The Lunar Gateway station, largely already built with contractors Northrop Grumman and Vantor, formerly Maxar, was meant to be a space station parked in a lunar orbit.

As soon as April 1, four people will embark on a journey that will take them farther from the Earth than anyone has ever traveled before.

R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term goal, says a cofounder, is to make human versions.

Simplifying and clarifying the assembly code for core operations enabled automated optimization and verification.

Ablation study clarifies trade-offs between accuracy and efficiency when using low-rank adaptation (LoRA) to fine-tune AI models.

By learning the idiosyncrasies of accumulated layers of legacy systems, AI agents can preserve institutional knowledge and provide a unified interface to a range of services.

As AI agents become more autonomous, the key challenge isn't what they can do; it's how to design the human side of the equation.

What machine learning theorists learned using AI agents to generate proofs — and what comes next.

It's Natalie Wilkie's fourth career Paralympic gold medal for the Canadian flag-bearer and her ninth Paralympic medal overall. She also won a silver on Saturday.

As AI models grow larger, they become less insightful, not more. To ensure that they continue to learn, we need to reduce their inference time.

The mysterious depths of the Antarctic Ocean are home to only a handful of sea creatures.

Amazon Scholar Aravind Srinivasan coauthored a 2014 paper about forecasting civil unrest in Latin America, which won a test-of-time award at KDD 2025.

NASA Commander Jessica Meir leads an international crew, including France's second woman in space, to the ISS for eight-month mission of scientific research.

Just for fun, Xavier McKeever and his cross-country ski teammates once tasked ChatGPT to design a training plan for them.