Iceland has served as a lunar stand-in for training NASA astronauts since the days of the Apollo missions, and this summer the Artemis II crew took its place in that long history.

Iceland’s alien-like features have made it a favorite destination for explorers, photographers, and filmmakers,and even NASA astronauts, who trained here to simulate walking on the Moon. Its unique ...

To prepare for NASA's first journey to the moon in over half a century, the crew of the Artemis II spent the summer training in Earth's most moon-like environment.. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman ...

Recently, NASA sent a team of over a dozen scientists and engineers to Iceland to test new Mars exploration techniques in a lava field that closely matches the Mars landscape.

The photos, taken by NASA's Landsat 9 satellite, show lava flowing from a fissure in the Sundhnúkur crater row on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula.

A NASA satellite image captures Iceland's latest volcanic eruption, showing lava flowing near the Blue Lagoon. The eruption, which has not affected flights, resulted in the evacuation of around ...

Jahnavi Dangeti, a 23-year-old from Andhra Pradesh, becomes the first Indian to complete NASA's program and is set to travel ...

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory would be terminated in the agency's fiscal year 2026 budget request. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with AIA comment. REYKJAVÍK, Iceland ...

The astronauts that went to Iceland this summer are training for Artemis II: one small step towards NASA’s long-time goal to put humans back on the surface of the Moon.

The U.K. based aerospace company, Space Solar, plans to launch its space-based solar power plant by 2030 to deliver clean energy to Iceland, which is already a renewable-energy powerhouse.