NASA's Artemis program is the agency's ambitious campaign to return Americans to the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The upcoming Artemis II represents the first crewed U ...

"We are ready for every scenario as we ride this amazing Space Launch System on the Orion spacecraft, 250,000 miles away." ...

SLS is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of taking astronauts to destinations all over the solar system, including the moon and Mars, according to NASA. It can be organized into several ...

NASA could launch its Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, in February 2026.

Artemis 2 won't land on or orbit the moon. But it will be the first crewed mission to reach the lunar neighborhood since Apollo 17 in December 1972. And it will pave the way for Artemis 3, which will ...

On Tuesday, NASA officials announced that Artemis II, the first crewed flight to the Moon since 1972, is on track to launch early next year. Prior to this week, the mission was slated to lift off ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Kepler's Hope by Year of th ...

The four astronauts set to climb aboard the first Orion spacecraft to fly humans have already given it a name.

NASA is pushing to fly as early as Feb. 6 next year on the first crewed mission of the Orion spacecraft for a 10-day flight around the moon.

The Artemis II mission represents a major step forward for NASA and seeks to send four astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—around the Moon and back. The 10-day ...

NASA has announced that its next mission to the Moon could take place as early as February next year. If successful, it will mark the first time humans have travelled this far from Earth in more than ...

NASA administrator Sean Duffy, who is Trump's transportation secretary, said the US wants to have 'sustained human life on the moon' by running 'not just an outpost, but a village' ...