The mission will send four astronauts aboard the agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket on a roughly 10‑day journey.
Here's what to know about Artemis II, the first time NASA sent humans to the moon and why some people (ahem, Kim Kardashian) believe it never happened.
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Watch live: NASA's first crewed moon mission in decades is about to launch
The Artemis II crew during a suit-up and walkout at the Kennedy Space Center in August 2025. (NASA/Kim Shiflett) After years of careful preparation and testing, NASA is finally about to send a crew of ...
Live coverage of Artemis 2's splashdown begins this evening as four astronauts return from their historic 10-day mission around the moon.
"It's 13 minutes of things that have to go right," NASA said of the reentry and splashdown, the first with astronauts from the moon in over 50 years.
Treasure Coast residents gathered on beaches and rooftops the evening of April 1 to see the Artemis II launch. Artemis II launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral April 1 and made ...
NASA's highly-anticipated expedition to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years could be at risk of a major delay.
Returning from space weakens the body. This video takes you inside NASA's facility where they're preparing Artemis II astronauts for a critical post-landing task: a self-rescue egress. See the ...
The Artemis II journey around the moon is coming to an end, here's how to watch the astronauts' reentry and splashdown this Friday.
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