Brother of NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman reacts to emotional moment of moon crater being named after astronaut’s late wife. • En route home: The astronauts have now begun their return trip home after ...

The Artemis II mission will be the first time humans see certain parts of the moon's far side with their own eyes. This 10-day mission is a crewed test flight and will not land on the lunar surface.

As Artemis II makes its journey around the moon, the mission rekindles memories of Apollo 11's historic flight 57 years ago. Leon Bibb shares his reflections. Trump’s chances of being removed by 25th ...

Crew members can now see the moon, which one described as ‘a beautiful sight’, from their spacecraft’s docking hatch The Artemis II crew are now closer to the moon than the Earth, Nasa has said, as ...

NASA says the Artemis II mission continues to go according to plan, with its four-person crew seemingly euphoric as they know they're now truly en route to the moon. On Thursday evening, when their ...

The Artemis II mission plans to take the astronauts further into space than humans have been before - more than 4,700 miles beyond the Moon The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission's Orion ...

After two major delays, NASA made history on April 1 and launched a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day expedition around the moon and back. The Artemis II mission, which is the second under NASA's ...

After orbiting Earth, the Orion capsule will carry the astronauts to the moon and arrive by Monday night. By Ashley Ahn and Kenneth Chang After a picture-perfect launch on Wednesday evening, Artemis ...

The Artemis II astronauts blasted out of Earth’s orbit Thursday evening and on to the next phase of their mission — a four-day journey toward the moon. The Orion spacecraft burned its engine for six ...

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 ...

After weeks of delays, NASA is finally launched a historic flight Wednesday to send a crew of four astronauts on a trailblazing nine-day trip around the moon and back. The Artemis II mission — with ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years is underway with an April 1 launch of four astronauts on a flight around the moon. The Space Launch System ...