As Earth goes out of sight, radio contact with mission control will drop for roughly 40 minutes because the moon itself blocks the line of sight back home. Even without that link, the crew will keep working in the Orion spacecraft, dubbed Integrity, using onboard devices to capture images, measurements, and notes.

The European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences is planning to launch a new satellite to study solar wind from the Sun that make their way to us.

After traveling a record distance from Earth, the Artemis II crew saw incredible things. “This continues to be unreal,” pilot Victor Glover said.

A 21st century Earthrise image hits different.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Astronauts return to the moon for the first time in 50 years — though not on its surface — alongside robotic landers from private companies including Blue Origin ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A total "blood moon" lunar eclipse on March 3 as seen from Shoshone. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times) Celestial enthusiasts across Southern California will have a chance to watch the moon ...