In the same way that Artemis II serves as the first crewed flight to test technology for future missions to the moon and Mars ...

The crew on the 10-day Artemis II mission won't land on the Moon, but plan to circle it, and could travel further from Earth ...

The Artemis II crew during a suit-up and walkout at the Kennedy Space Center in August 2025. (NASA/Kim Shiflett) After years ...

It is the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972 ...

NASA's Apollo 8 mission was the first to orbit the moon. No US spacecraft has returned to the moon since 1972, but that's all ...

NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on an approximately 10-day journey around the moon for the first time ...

Favorable weather conditions signal a green light as four astronauts prepare for humanity's historic return to the moon.

The Artemis 2 launch will see four astronauts on a ten-day mission that will take them further into space than ever before as ...

In a matter of days, three Americans and one Canadian will set their sights on heading toward the moon for the first time in more than half-a-century. Yes, robotic U.S. landers have begun to touch ...

In Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. In NASA history, the Apollo 8 mission laid much of the groundwork ...

Artemis II builds on prior missions including Artemis II and early Apollo missions, including Apollo 8, which set out for a lunar flyby.