The clock is now counting down for a launch overnight tonight, at precisely 1:04 a.m. EST, Wednesday morning. Artemis 1 sits on the launch pad ready to test NASA's return to the Moon. Credit: NASA ...

Artemis I launch reignites dreams of a human presence on the moon The 26-day mission around the moon and back marks a critical step by the U.S. space agency Ivan Semeniuk Science Reporter ...

As recently as March 14, the main page for the Artemis program said: "NASA will land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the Moon using innovative ...

NASA is preparing for its April 2026 Artemis II 10-day mission that will send a crew of four around the moon to prepare for ...

Canada’s Jeremy Hansen is moonward bound. The 47-year-old astronaut and CF-18 pilot has been selected to join Artemis II, the first mission to carry humans around the moon in more than 50 years.

Artemis 1 is an uncrewed test flight to the Moon and back. It leads the way as the first crew-ready spacecraft to visit the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission back in December of 1972.

The Artemis program was established by NASA during President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since the U.S. space ...

NASA announced Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program – sending four astronauts around the moon and back – is now targeted for April 2026 at the earliest.

A lot happened in space news in 2022 — from the James Webb Space Telescope providing us with stunning images and data from exoplanets, to the first launch of the Artemis moon program, beautiful ...

The Artemis 1 rocket stands ready for launch on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The last time humans went to the moon, it was a destination.

After Apollo comes Artemis, as NASA – 50 years after the last Moon landing – initiates the return to the Moon on 29 August 2022 at 08:33 local time (14:33 CEST) with its new 98-metre-high Space Launch ...