Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four astronauts are on the verge of becoming the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's ...

From astronauts circling the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration. Governments and private companies alike are ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch ...