Moon Mission

Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT Wednesday,…

NASA's long‑awaited Artemis II mission was poised for launch on 1 April when a critical technical issue forced an abrupt pause less than an hour before liftoff. Engineers caught a serious communication glitch in the flight termination system, which immediately put the safety of the moon trip in question. The…

Florida NASA teams and spectators cheered the spacecraft as it ascended away from Earth. LAST UPDATE | 1 Apr FOUR ASTRONAUTS HAVE blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket on a long-anticipated journey around the Moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. With an intense roar…

Four astronauts blasted off from ⁠Florida on Wednesday on Nasa’s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States’ boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China. Nasa’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped with…

  7:54 AM / April 2, 2026 Artemis II crew begins first day in space after exhilarating launch With an exhilarating  launch  behind them, NASA's Artemis II  astronauts  are turning their attention to the next big challenge of their  historic mission : a "crazy first day" in space.    The…

A little more than an hour before sunset on Florida’s space coast, up to 400,000 people packed on beaches and causeways will look to the heavens on Wednesday to witness a fiery spectacle not seen in almost 54 years: a fully crewed Nasa rocket heading back to the moon. The…

The U.S. space agency on Wednesday evening launched four astronauts on what may be a record-breaking trip around the moon—see the spacecraft live By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA on April 1 launched four astronauts on a pioneering journey around the moon—the Artemis II mission. Follow…

Just a few hours remain in the countdown for Artemis II, NASA's mission to return astronauts to lunar orbit for the first time since the Apollo era.The agency's new lunar hopes and dreams are sitting on pad 39B at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in the form of a 322-foot-tall rocket…

On their voyages to the moon, NASA’s astronauts are finally getting some creature comforts of terrestrial toilets—such as having a door and being able to pee and poop simultaneously By K. R. Callaway edited by Lee Billings The lunar-bound astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission will go boldly where none…

Shawn Quinn was four years old when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969. What he saw on the tiny TV set in his parents’ living room—the Saturn V rocket rising from its launchpad, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounding around the lunar surface, NBC News anchor John Chancellor’s…