NASA is bringing back its historic worm logo to decorate the agency’s first crew-bearing rocket being sent to the moon in decades. NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems began painting the bright ...

The Space Launch System rocket that will propel an uncrewed Orion capsule to the moon in the Artemis 1 mission is the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built. It weighs 5.75 million pounds when ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A nuclear thermal ...

Five decades after the final flight of NASA's legendary Saturn 5 moon rocket, the U.S. space agency is poised to launch its most powerful rocket for a critical, long-overdue test flight ...

NASA officials have said their SLS mega-rocket program is "unaffordable." The program has long been criticized for a lack of transparency over its growing budget. Officials agree the SLS budget ...

There's a new rocket in town. In a historic launch, NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket blasted a spacecraft to the moon on Nov. 16, becoming the most powerful operational rocket around today.

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. On the heels of the ...

Engineers say the clouds underneath NASA's mega moon rocket may look like smoke, but they're mostly steam. Credit: NASA / Joel Kowsky As NASA's moon rocket ignited in darkness, it triggered an ...