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Nasa's Artemis II mission is on its way back to Earth after completing a historic fly-by of the far side of the Moon. Find out everything you need to know here.

The Artemis II astronauts set off on their journey around the moon Wednesday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, but how much do these astronauts make?

Meet the crew of NASA's Artemis II, which will include the first woman, first Black man, and first Canadian to fly on a moon mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It's humanity's first flight to the moon since 1972. The first crewed lunar mission in almost 50 years is slated to launch as early as April 1. The test flight, lasting ...

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot; Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II ...

The Artemis II crew, currently more than 100,000 miles away from home, will fly behind the Moon on April 6. NASA reports that the six-hour lunar observation window during the flyby will see the Sun, ...

For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts will fly around the moon on Monday, marking the high point of the Artemis 2's lunar mission. The flyby will last around seven hours, starting ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—The US military has always been part of NASA’s human spaceflight program. The first astronauts were nearly all military pilots, and two of the four crew members set to ...

When NASA’s new moon rocket lifts off as soon as April 1, its immense core stage will mix 537,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen with 196,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and ignite the propellant in four, ...