NASA's Artemis II mission, which successfully launched on April 1, 2026, is planned to send humans out of Earth's orbit for the first time in half a century to perform a lunar flyby. The Artemis II ...

Back in 1972, the crew of Apollo 17 left low-Earth orbit and headed for the Moon. It was to be the final mission of the program, and the last time humans ventured that far out into space. Until now, ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts are now on their way to the Moon. At 7:57 p.m. ET, the Orion spacecraft completed a translunar injection burn, making it the first crewed spacecraft to depart low-Earth orbit ...

FLORIDA, 3rd April, 2026 (WAM) -- Astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission ignited their spacecraft engines late Thursday, departing Earth orbit on their journey towards the Moon. The manoeuvre, known ...

The Artemis II mission plans to take the astronauts further into space than humans have been before - more than 4,700 miles beyond the Moon The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission's Orion ...

The Artemis II mission is a 10-day test flight around the moon in the Orion crew capsule. As of April 2, the astronauts were orbiting Earth at a height 184 times higher than the International Space ...

In humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century, four astronauts aboard the Artemis II reached orbit within hours of launch on 1 April. They will circle the Earth for about 25 hours ...

Nasa mission enters second day, with crew hoping to become first people to orbit moon in more than 50 years Nasa has given the four Artemis astronauts circling Earth the green light to head for the ...

Mission control confirms ‘toilet go for use’ after glitch sorted A blinking fault light on Nasa’s Orion spacecraft signalled an unwelcome setback at the start of the historic Artemis II mission: the ...