NASA’s Artemis II crew boarded the Orion spacecraft on December 20, 2025, for a countdown demonstration test, rehearsing launch-day procedures at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

The four astronauts preparing to fly around the Moon on Artemis II have now practiced their biggest moment short of launch ...

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.

NASA and the Artemis II crew complete a full countdown test as teams prepare for the first crewed mission around the Moon under the Artemis program ...

By most measures, it’s been a sensational year for SpaceX. The American spaceflight company will finish 2025 having notched up a record-breaking 165 launches using its trusty Falcon 9 rocket, with the ...

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing ...

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

Fans have uncovered more than 30 minutes of cut dialogue in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s game files. The audio is related to ...

Live updates from Monday morning's SpaceX Starlink 6-82 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space ...

SpaceX livestreams every single one of its rocket launches, most of them involving its workhorse Falcon 9 vehicle. The vast majority of the Falcon 9 launches take place from Florida’s Space Coast, but ...

Rocket launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral have been seen in Southwest Florida. Rockets launched from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral have also been seen as far as ...