Meet 4 astronauts on NASA's Artemis II moon mission
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NASA's Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972—with much more to come.
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Astronauts Are Heading to the Moon for the First Time in Over 50 Years, but They Won’t Be Landing
A group of four NASA astronauts are set to blast off on a historic mission, dubbed Artemis II, as soon as February 6
NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.
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Orion will haul astronauts past the moon despite risky heat-shield flaw
Astronauts are about to ride Orion past the Moon in a capsule that NASA knows has a heat-shield flaw, a tension that defines the next chapter of human spaceflight. The agency is pressing ahead with Artemis II as a crucial dress rehearsal for future landings,
NASA's Artemis program is working to achieve something the U.S. hasn't done in more than 50 years: send humans back to the moon (and establish facilities needed for sustainable living on the lunar surface,