The Artemis II crew during a suit-up and walkout at the Kennedy Space Center in August 2025. (NASA/Kim Shiflett) After years of careful preparation and testing, NASA is finally about to send a crew of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle ...

This story was updated April 2, 2026, to note that after orbiting Earth, Artemis II is now on the trajectory that will take it around the moon. For the first time in more than half a century, humans ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle ...

Americans have reached the moon again for the first time in 50 years. The Artemis II space mission has started its lunar flyby today, and coverage will continue into tonight. They've already made ...

The Artemis II astronauts concluded their record-breaking 10-day journey on Friday with a smooth splashdown in the Pacific ...

For the first time, humans have glimpsed the entire far side of the moon with their own eyes — and their photos are beginning to come in. In what was the most highly anticipated moment of the Artemis ...

Humans will travel to the moon’s orbit for the first time in more than 50 years as early as Monday.Artemis II is a 10-day crewed test mission for NASA’s program to test the Orion spacecraft, establish ...

The Artemis II rocket launched on Wednesday, carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in over half a century. The four-person crew is headed on a 10-day, 230,000-mile journey around the moon ...