The United States is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, riding a ...

Godspeed, Artemis 2! As early as February, 4 astronauts will board NASA's Orion capsule atop the SLS rocket in Florida for 10 ...

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

Debris scatters on June 26, 2025, during a static fire test of a new solid rocket motor at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah. The motor is supposed to be used in later Artemis moon missions. A test ...

"It’s amazing to think that this thing I have been working on in various capacities for the last eight years is about to send ...

Artemis II will mark humanity's first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The approximately 10-day mission will send the four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon, testing ...

NASA's Artemis II will celebrate America's 250th anniversary while flying the first humans to the Moon since Apollo 17 in ...

Moon, asteroids, and low Earth orbit. From NASA’s long-anticipated Artemis 2 to China’s growing presence on the lunar surface ...

NASA's first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years moved one step closer to liftoff recently with a full launch day ...

NASA's Artemis program represents the most ambitious human spaceflight effort since Apollo, aiming not only to return ...

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.