Moon Mission

Nasa’s first manned mission to the Moon in more than 50 years that will take its crew deeper into space than anyone has gone before is “ready to go”, according to space agency chiefs. Four astronauts – three US and one Canadian – are due to blast off aboard the…

NASA began its two-day countdown Monday ahead of what is slated to be its first crewed moonshot in more than half a century, a long-anticipated loop around Earth's satellite that is to pave the way for future exploration. The first window to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida…

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NASA is already planning an uncrewed mission to the moon for 2027. 22:20, Mon, Mar 30, 2026 Updated: 00:12, Tue, Mar 31, 2026 The launch could happen as early as on April 1 (Image: Getty) The countdown for the beginning of the Artemis 2 mission is now on, NASA has…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA continues to target Wednesday (April 1) for the launch of its Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon, and says teams are tracking zero technical issues leading up to the liftoff window. "Since that time, all of our operations have been going very…

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Calgary Jenni Gibbons was always drawn to the stars. Now, the Calgary-born astronaut is set to take part in NASA's Artemis II mission, which will send humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Jenni Gibbons is also the mission backup to astronaut Jeremy Hansen…

CSIRO CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, will support NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon using its specialist spacecraft communication and tracking expertise. NASA's Artemis program aims to explore the Moon for scientific discovery, technology advancement, and to learn how to live and work on another world in preparation for…

NASA astronaut Michael Fincke is helped to his feet after returning to Earth from the ISS with other members of the SpaceX Crew-11. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls) As NASA prepares to send four astronauts around the moon for the 10-day Artemis II mission , a veteran space flier's unexplained illness…

Lauren E. Low Mar 26, 2026 Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on their Artemis II mission around the Moon, the launch team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and teams across the country will begin…