Moon Mission

commentary Problems down on Earth are serious. Spending some time looking up isn’t a waste or distraction Published April 7, 2026 12:06PM (EDT) Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. (Image Credit: NASA) Whenever…

Artemis II commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman looks out one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows at the moon ahead of the crew's lunar flyby. After successfully looping around the moon, the space capsule is now headed back toward Earth. NASA hide caption toggle caption NASA The four-astronaut…

The crew of Nasa’s Artemis II mission have begun their journey home after creating history on their pass behind the Moon by travelling further into space than any others in history. The four astronauts on the first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years reached 252,756 miles (406,771 kilometres)…

Home / World Maggy Donaldson AFP · 6 Apr, 2026 11:38 PM 4 mins to read The first footage from on board Artemis II airs live on TV as Nasa provides a mission update. Video / AFP Nasa mission control in Houston regained communications with Artemis astronauts traveling around the…

Jerusalem Post / Science / Space The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, awoke around 10:50 a.m. for their sixth flight day to a recorded message from late astronaut Jim Lovell. NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out…

Astronauts are getting ready to fly around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. NASA’s Artemis II mission, slated for an April 1, 2026, launch, will carry four astronauts on a ten-day journey aboard the Orion spacecraft. This mission is an important dry run for humanity’s…

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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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