Science & Earth

After Artemis II's Pacific splashdown, officials said Artemis III is being prepared and will rehearse docking an Orion capsule with a commercial lunar lander in Earth orbit next year.

NASA is preparing Artemis II to launch with four astronauts aboard Orion after years of delays and billions in development costs.

During a historic lunar flyby, Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft Integrity photographed and described features on the Moon's far side and observed an Earthset and a total solar eclipse.

Jeremy Hansen will be the first Canadian to travel around the moon as a member of the Artemis 2 crew, and the mission could launch as soon as April 1.

Toronto-born astrophysicist Sara Seager urged Canada to 'think big' and be willing to take risks in space investment. The country's space sector contributed $3.4 billion to GDP in 2024, and the federal government has invested billions while partnering with international programs.

The Artemis II Orion spacecraft passed behind the Moon and entered a planned communications blackout during its lunar flyby; Pilot Victor Glover shared a final photo of Earth and a message of love before contact was lost.

The Artemis II crew splashed down off San Diego at 5:07 p.m. Pacific after a planned reentry sequence, and mission control reported the crew as 'green' on recovery; the flight tested systems ahead of a planned lunar landing in 2028.

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman publicly thanked NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland during communications ahead of Orion's third Return Correction Burn; Orion completed that burn and later splashed down off San Diego, ending the mission.

Bogus Basin (Idaho) and Sun Peaks (British Columbia) stored large piles of snow under insulated blankets in 2025 to extend ski seasons; Bogus Basin kept about 80% of its pile through summer and the blankets cost roughly $120,000–$180,000.

The Artemis II crew is approaching the Moon and preparing to enter the lunar sphere of influence as they ready photography and geology observations; NASA reported the spacecraft was about 271,979 kilometres from Earth and 178,154 kilometres from the Moon upon waking.

Artemis II splashed down in the Pacific off San Diego, ending a 10-day mission that carried its crew on a record-setting distant lunar flyby and returned them safely to Earth.

On April 6, 2026, NASA's Artemis II crew flew past the Moon and reached the farthest distance from Earth in history, including a roughly 40-minute period out of radio contact. The mission delivered new science observations and tested Orion spacecraft systems as the crew heads back toward Earth.

Artemis II's crew returned after a 10-day lunar mission when the Orion capsule re-entered at about Mach 33 and splashed down off the coast of California; all four astronauts were recovered and taken aboard a U.S. Navy ship.

Volunteers from Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix repair and maintain the cobbled sectors used in the 250 km Paris‑Roubaix race, and they made last‑minute fixes at the Trouée d'Arenberg ahead of the 2026 edition.

A Navy medical diver and a three-person team entered the Orion capsule after its Pacific splashdown to evaluate the four Artemis II astronauts, and NASA reported the crew was healthy.

Artemis II splashed down Friday, returning its crew safely after a test flight; MIT professor Richard Binzel and astronaut Suni Williams said the mission tested reentry and landing systems and helps inform plans for lunar and Mars missions.

The Artemis II crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations ahead of a scheduled April 1 launch that would send them on a nearly 700,000-mile trip around the moon and back. Countdown clocks are expected to start Monday, with the crew able to launch through April 6 before conditions would force a delay.

Artemis II astronauts splashed down off the San Diego coast at 5:07 p.m. after a 10-day lunar flyby; NASA described the high-energy reentry as one of the riskiest moments while testing systems ahead of planned lunar landings in 2028.

The four Artemis 2 astronauts splashed down off San Diego on April 10 after a planned free-return lunar flyby that set a new human-distance record; the flight was the first crewed launch of NASA's SLS and Orion and served as a systems test for future Artemis missions.

The USS John P. Murtha, MH-60S helicopters and Navy dive teams based in San Diego will assist NASA in recovering the four-person Artemis II crew after a planned splashdown off the San Diego coast on April 10; officials are monitoring weather that could affect timing and location.

After a 10-day lunar flyby that set a distance record, the four Artemis II astronauts are due to splash down in the Pacific late Friday; the mission is described as a step toward returning humans to the Moon and testing technologies for future exploration.

An NBC Select article reviews countertop and outdoor compost bins, tumblers, worm farms and electric units and cites three gardening experts on materials to include or avoid, bin features, and placement guidance.

American woodcocks are frequently injured or killed by window collisions during seasonal migrations in some U.S. cities, and the Bird Center of Michigan is documenting cases in Detroit and seeking reports from the public.

NASA released a timelapse showing Artemis 2 astronauts observing a total solar eclipse from beyond the moon during their April 6 far-side flyby, with totality lasting about 53 minutes and the solar corona visible.

Researchers combined medieval observations and ultra-precise carbon-14 dating of buried trees to identify a peak in solar activity around 1200–1205 CE.

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala of Alpena, Michigan, is part of a four-member U.S. Navy dive medical team that will open the Orion capsule and perform initial checks when Artemis II splashes down about 60 miles off San Diego at roughly 8:07 p.m. ET on April 10.

Artemis 2, scheduled to launch no earlier than April 1, will be the first crewed flight of the Artemis program and will carry four astronauts on a free-return flyby that goes beyond the moon; the Artemis effort is focused on establishing a sustainable lunar presence rather than a short-term demonstration.

NASA's Artemis II is expected to splash down about 5:07 p.m. Friday, April 10, roughly 50–70 miles off San Diego between Catalina and San Clemente islands as the four-person crew ends a 10-day lunar mission.

FibroBiologics presented preclinical data at the Keystone Symposia showing a transplantable thymic organoid that generated multiple T cell lineages in immunodeficient mice and produced antigen-specific responses that slowed tumor growth in a melanoma model.

Aoshima is a 0.2-square-mile island in the Seto Inland Sea with about 80 feral cats and three elderly residents, and its cat population fell sharply after a 2018 spay-and-neuter program.