Artemis, the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the moon, embodies NASA's ambitious effort to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in over 50 years. When you purchase through ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As four Artemis II astronauts head to the moon in a flyby mission, your name can go with them in this historic launch. NASA says Artemis II launch is still on target; explains ...

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NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts to circle the moon, similar to the Apollo 8 mission of 1968. Like Apollo 8, the Artemis 2 crew will not land on the moon but will test systems for ...

Artemis II and its crew are continuing to make their way towards the moon's orbit in the Orion spacecraft. On Thursday night, Orion's main engine provided nearly 6,000 pounds of thrust to push the ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. The crew is ...

The astronauts said they had lost track of which day it is on Earth on their transit to the moon. By Katrina Miller Reporting from Johnson Space Center in Houston. The astronauts of Artemis II were ...

NASA revealed what’s on the menu for the crew of Artemis II. The four astronauts on board, including one from North Carolina, successfully lifted off on the evening of Wednesday, April 1 on a historic ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MARCH 20, 2026 (EDITOR’S NOTE: In this handout image provided by NASA, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, rolls out ...

Read full article: NASA delays astronauts’ lunar trip until March after hydrogen leaks mar fueling test The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B at after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The four astronauts who are due to fly around the moon in NASA's historic Artemis 2 lunar mission are back in isolation ahead of a ...

The Artemis II astronauts flew to the Kennedy Space Center Friday to prepare for the scheduled April 1 launch that will take them on a nearly 700,000-mile voyage around the moon and back, the first ...