NASA announced on Friday evening (Jan. 9) that it plans to roll the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft that will fly the Artemis 2 moon mission out to the pad for prelaunch checks on Jan. 17, weather and technical readiness permitting.

The medical evacuation of SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts from the International Space Station shouldn't interfere with Artemis 2's launch to the moon, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says.

Scientists say all signs indicate the so-called "megaberg" could be just days or weeks from totally disintegrating.

NASA is ending its Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station a month early. The agency announced one of the four crew members has a "serious medical condition" and needs to return to Earth.

Most of the NASA civil servants who participated in last year's second deferred resignation program saw their pay and benefits end Friday.

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) tech flying aboard Psyche spacecraft has been successfully demonstrated. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The news was met with outrage by NASA insiders, who pointed out that many of these historical documents remain undigitized, a scandal that has metastasized into the first major PR challenge for recently sworn-in NASA administrator and billionaire space tourist Jared Isaacman.

The unnamed crew member is stable aboard the International Space Station, officials said, but needs care on Earth.