Moon Mission

NASA’s Space Launch System — the rocket that will carry four astronauts to the moon for the first time in over fifty years — along with the Orion spacecraft, has been moved to its launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission, named Artemis II, will blast off as early…

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 : NASA rolled its massive Space Launch System rocket toward its launchpad in Florida on Saturday, kicking off a final phase of preparations for the agency's Artemis II mission that is poised to send four astronauts around the moon and back as soon as next month. Traveling…

“Putting crew on the rocket and taking the crew around the Moon, this is going be our first step toward a sustained lunar presence,” Honeycutt said. “It’s 10 days four astronauts going farther from Earth than any other human has ever traveled. We’ll be validating the Orion spacecraft’s life support,…

Jennifer M. Dooren Jan 16, 2026 NASA is weeks away from sending astronauts farther than any crew has traveled before, with the agency’s second mission in its Artemis campaign. The Artemis II Press Kit now is available with information on the mission, astronauts, and other resources for media. “Artemis II…

January 15, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm On Friday NASA laid out the time line for Artemis II, humanity’s first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years By Lee Billings edited by Claire Cameron NASA’s Space Launch System rocket awaits the arrival…

An illustration of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is scheduled to send astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis missions. (Image credit: NASA) NASA is on track to send humans around the moon as early as Feb. 6 as it makes final preparations for the imminent…

Media accreditation is open to attend Artemis II mission activities at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Johnson is where flight controllers in mission control will manage the test flight after liftoff of the first crewed Moon mission under the agency’s Artemis campaign. Targeted to launch no earlier Friday, Feb.…

Back in 2024, NASA announced that the Artemis 2 mission was going to be pushed back to April 2026. Now, the agency says it could launch as early as February, with the first flight opportunity being on February 6. NASA is currently making the final preparations for the mission and…

Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off the nation's 250th birthday year, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls) The U.S. capital was just moonstruck — or at least, the Washington…

As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final integration, testing, and launch rehearsals.…