Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket core stage was fitted with 4 RS-25 engines at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Footage courtesy: NASA/Evan Deroche/Steven Seipel/Eric Bordelon Time-lapsed by Space.

America's space dominance has been built largely in Louisiana and Mississippi. But the current budget could mean cuts for the program. That would be a mistake, argues Tish Williams of the Partners of Stennis and Michoud of Michoud.

NASA has previously been hedging its bets by developing its own heavy launch rocket as well as supporting the development of Starship. But with recent funding cuts, it’s looking more and more likely that the SLS will get axed — leaving SpaceX as the only player in town to facilitate NASA’s Mars plans.

The consecutive failures may have decreased the likelihood SpaceX can meet NASA’s goal of landing on the moon in 2027, experts said.

Space exploration and science could take a serious hit as funding is slashed by 24% under Trump's proposed budget.

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget looks to end the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Gateway space station that are central to NASA’s existing Artemis program —

Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the launch pad.

Astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide-angle photograph from December 1999, taken during a spacewalk to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

Following 9th test mission of its Starship spacecraft, SpaceX is looking to ramp up flights with launches from Texas and near Cape Canaveral, Florida.

U.S. President Donald Trump's budget proposal seeks to axe key parts of NASA's moon program with a $6 billion cut for the space agency's 2026 budget, but provides a boost to the Mars-focused agenda pushed by billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

NASA has announced the assignments for its SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, scheduled for no earlier than July.