NASA has released an animation detailing the Artemis II mission, a crewed test flight that will validate the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for deep-space travel beyond low Earth orbit.

New footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an emergency landing near Houston. The veteran aircraft was due to play a small role in the Artemis II mission.

The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission began their routine two-week quarantine on Wednesday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston ahead of their upcoming launch to the International Space Station.

NASA has taken another step in expanding commercial spaceflight, confirming a fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in partnership with Axiom Space. The mission, known as Axiom Mission 5,