Manned flights

A photo of the SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center during preparations for refueling. NASA photo, January 29, 2026

Unusually cold weather in Florida postponed Artemis II's wet general reentry to Monday and the launch itself a week later.

There are only three possible dates left for the February launch window: February 8, 10, and 11. If that is not possible, a postponement to March or April will be required.
Amit Kshatriya is Deputy Associate Director of the Lunar to Mars Program Office at NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. Credit: NASA

NASA launched the Moon to Mars Program Office

The Space Operations Mission Directorate remains responsible for all space operations in low Earth orbit and focuses on the space station, space communications, and navigation that support all of NASA's human exploration and science missions.
A spacesuit in a museum in Inner Mongolia, China. Photo: Katoosha / Shutterstock.com

A Chinese astronaut to the moon - when?

Illustration of a human expedition to Mars. Credit: NASA

Space - the spaceship "Humanity" / Cameron M. Smith