Space and cosmos

Artemis astronauts more than halfway to Moon, putting Earth in rearview

The Orion spacecraft on the second day into the Artemis II mission.

58 tortillas, five hot sauces and one toilet: Life aboard Artemis II mission’s Orion capsule

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - APRIL 01: NASA's 322-foot-tall Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center on April 01, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 10-day mission will take NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialist Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen around the moon and back. If all goes according to plan, the astronauts will fly 230,000 miles out into space, the farthest any human has ever traveled from Earth. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Artemis capsule boost puts NASA astronauts moon-bound for record-breaking journey

The Artemis II mission's Orion capsule leaves Earth on its way to fly by the moon, on April 1, in a still image from video.

SpaceX has held talks with Saudi fund for possible $5 billion investment in IPO, sources say

SpaceX aims to raise a record-breaking US$75 billion in its IPO.

Amazon eyes $11 billion Globalstar deal to rival SpaceX’s Starlink: FT report

Amazon’s network would be the closest rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, which operates a network of more than 9,500 satellites.

How NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission will unfold

Artemis II lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket the agency has ever flown.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX files to go public, shooting for record stock offering: Sources

A listing for SpaceX could raise as much as US$75 billion (S$96 billion), dwarfing the current record holder, Saudi Aramco’s US$29 billion debut in 2019.

Timeline: Key milestones in NASA's Artemis moon programme

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft prepares for launch from the Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026.

NASA’s Artemis II launches four astronauts on world’s first crewed lunar mission in half a century

NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.

NASA counts down for first crewed lunar mission in half a century

Weather conditions appeared favourable for an on-time liftoff in the agency's two-hour launch window on April 1.

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