Press Release N° 18–2026 Au cœur de la mission habitée Artemis II se trouve le module de service européen de l’ESA (ESM) qui alimente, propulse et soutient le vaisseau spatial Orion et son équipage pendant leur voyage autour de la Lune et leur retour en toute sécurité sur Terre.

CERN Timepix chips fly to the Moon At 00:35 CEST today, the Artemis II mission successfully launched, marking the first human journey to the Moon since 1972. During their ten-day journey aboard the Orion spacecraft, the four astronauts are expected to receive tens of millisieverts of radiation, more than ten times what most people experience in an

Chile becomes an Associate Member State of CERN Effective 2 April 2026, Chile has become an Associate Member State of CERN. Its status entered into force following Chile’s ratification of the Associate Member State Agreement of May 2025 and its accession to the Protocol on CERN’s Privileges and Immunities.  Chile is henceforth entitled to be

The state was unusually dry for much of 2025, but the intensity of the drought has ratcheted up since January 2026.

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated Wednesday, April 8, 2026, to reflect a time change in the event. Media will have an opportunity at 10:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, to speak with NASA’s Artemis II crew members as they continue their journey toward Earth during their historic mission around the Moon. The 20-minute

Digital creators and social media users are invited to register to attend the rollout of the third SLS (Space Launch System) core stage as it is prepped to head from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Are you passionate about social media and communications? Do you love to create content for an

The Artemis II crew captured this view of Earth setting on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. As the astronauts flew over the Moon’s far side, the crew photographed and described terrain features including impact craters, ancient lava flows, and surface cracks and ridges formed as the Moon slowly evolved over time.

Editor’s note: Some photo captions were updated on April 8, 2026, to reflect ongoing scientific observations and discussion about the images. The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal some regions no human has seen, including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Released Tuesday, astronauts