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ALT A boxy spacecraft shines in reflected sunlight above the grey cratered surface of the Moon.
ALT Cartoon of two astronauts inside of a space capsule with Earth visible out the windows. Between them, the shadow of a small plush animal floats. Along with the title Moon Mascot NASA Artemis 2 ZGI Design Challenge
ALT NASA’s RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) conducts excavation testing of simulated regolith, or lunar dust found on the Moon’s surface, inside of the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Lab at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. RASSOR is designed to work in low-gravity situations, using counter rotating bucket drums on each arm to collect and dump regolith for the extraction of hydrogen, oxygen, or water, resources critical for sustaining a habitable presence. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
ALT Ben Burdess, mechanical engineer, observes NASA’s RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) excavation testing of simulated regolith, or lunar dust found on the Moon’s surface, inside of the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Lab at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. RASSOR is designed to work in low-gravity situations, using counter rotating bucket drums on each arm to collect and dump regolith for the extraction of hydrogen, oxygen, or water, resources critical for sustaining a habitable presence. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
ALT NASA’s RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) conducts excavation testing of simulated regolith, or lunar dust found on the Moon’s surface, inside of the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Lab at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. RASSOR is designed to work in low-gravity situations, using counter rotating bucket drums on each arm to collect and dump regolith for the extraction of hydrogen, oxygen, or water, resources critical for sustaining a habitable presence. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
ALT In this artist rendering, the Earth is peeking into the image at the top left corner, with the Artemis II patch on the left side of the image. Underneath the patch read the words "For all humanity." In the bottom right corner sits part of the Moon.
ALT Cartoon of two astronauts inside of a space capsule with Earth visible out the windows. Between them, the shadow of a small plush animal floats. Along with the title Moon Mascot NASA Artemis 2 ZGI Design Challenge
ALT Technicians work on Artemis III Orion crew module on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians will continue assembling and testing the crew module and service module before integration in 2026. NASA/Rad Sinyak
ALT On this week’s #HWHAP, two @NASA experts discuss an experiment that will further our understanding of flame behavior on the lunar surface to keep astronauts safe. Photo credit: NASA
ALT NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during a nighttime advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The monocular lens consists of a pico-projector and waveguide optical element to focus an image for crew to see their real world overlaid with digital information. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
ALT NASA astronaut Andre Douglas raises an American flag as NASA astronaut Kate Rubins looks on during their first simulated moonwalk in a week-long field test consisting of four simulated moonwalks and six advanced technology runs in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
ALT NASA and Boeing teams prepare the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for shipment at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The orange core stage stands out against the gray parking lot. The sky in the background glows orange and yellow. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
ALT The Lunar Terrain Vehicle Ground Test Unit gleams inside of an enclosed space. An astronaut figure sits in the driver’s seat. An American flag is strapped to the back of the vehicle. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford and Helen Arase Vargas
ALT This graphic shows the list of countries that have signed the Artemis Accords. Flags from 54 different nations are listed over an image of the shadowed lunar surface. The flags represent Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Uruguay. The bottom of the image reads: "United for Peaceful Exploration of Deep Space." Credit: NASA
ALT A bird’s eye view of the Artemis I Moon mission's orange-and-white SLS rocket lifting off of its launch pad. Bright flames and billowing smoke emerge from its base as the engines fire. Credit: NASA
ALT The Moon is a dark gray and white globe, with patches of darker white mottling its surface. Bright white impact craters dot the surface, with white spokes extending out from them.
ALT Orbital view of mountainous terrain on the Moon. The Gruithuisen Domes protrude from the surrounding lunar landscape and are pockmarked with craters.