Moon Mission

April 11, 2026, 6:30 AM EDT / Updated April 13, 2026, 12:09 PM EDT NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years, has been a feast for the eyes. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen concluded their…

NASA plans a to build a permanent base on the moon with a step-by-step approach through 2032. (Image credit: NASA) Artemis 2 has come home, but NASA still has its nose to the lunar grindstone. The four astronauts of Artemis 2 , the first crewed mission to the moon since…

Over 50 years later, humanity again reached for the Moon and came home safely. In a mission that melded state-of-the-art technology with extraordinary courage, four astronauts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have now crossed their Artemis II test flight off of a very short to-do list in pursuit…

The Orion capsule carrying Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen parachuted into the Pacific Ocean off San Diego at 1.07am UK time. All four were said to be in good health following the dramatic return, which marked a major milestone in plans to send…

  11:15 PM / April 10, 2026 NASA officials all smiles after successful Artemis II mission NASA officials were all smiles in their post-splashdown news conference Friday night from Houston, with exploration ground systems program manager Shawn Quinn describing Artemis II's successful return to Earth as an "an incredible end…

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The Artemis II mission ended in a dramatic fashion on April 10, 2026, when NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of San Diego, closing out humanity's first crewed journey to the moon in over 50 years. The four-person crew — consisting of commander…

A naval ship and military aircraft were standing by to recover the crew after their record-breaking journey into deep space...Read More

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