Artemis II is just the first step toward the goal of establishing a permanent base on the moon and eventually sending astronauts to Mars, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said on Monday. "We got the ...

The Artemis mission marks humanity’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era but this time, the plan is to stay.

Four astronauts and their Orion space capsule arrive home after record-setting 700,000-mile journey to the moon and back ...

Artemis II’s astronauts closed out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century with a Pacific splashdown on ...

Apollo 13’s astronauts missed out on a moon landing when one of their oxygen tanks ruptured on the way there in 1970 ...

The Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon. The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their ...

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that ...

Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a ...

This story was updated April 2, 2026, to note that after orbiting Earth, Artemis II is now on the trajectory that will take it around the moon. For the first time in more than half a century, humans ...

Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a landing in two ...

The NASA Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft launches at the Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla ...