The mission will send four astronauts aboard the agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket on a roughly 10‑day journey.

The Orion will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego at about 7:07 p.m. CT. A combined NASA and U.S. military recovery team will welcome the Artemis II crew home.

NASA has set April 1 as the target launch date for the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a 10-day test flight around the moon. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space ...

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 mission specialist, pose for a photograph as NASA's ...

NASA plans to launch four astronauts on a long-awaited trip around the moon as early as April 1, it announced Thursday. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, said teams are on track to ...

While the Artemis II moon mission is winding down, for generations of Americans born after the end of the Apollo moon missions, it's actually just a beginning. We could see a lunar landing come in 2028 under Artemis IV,

After NASA captivated the world with the Artemis II flight around the moon, the astronauts' journey is coming to an end with their splashdown set for Friday evening. Launched April 1 atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B,