It was a nail-biter, but NASA finally got the first rocket in its Artemis mission off the ground. The rocket lifted off at 1:47 a.m. ET, lighting up the early morning sky in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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 ...

NASA called off its second launch attempt of the Artemis I moon mission on Saturday after crews were unable to fix a liquid hydrogen leak. Another attempt isn't likely until at least the end of ...

Artemis 2 is targeting a Spring 2026 launch and Artemis 3, NASA's mission to finally land astronauts on the moon, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2027. Both missions had been expected to ...

In March, NASA heavily watered down the public remit of its Artemis programme, which initially promised to take people other than white American men to the Moon.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Thursday new delays in the U.S. space agency's Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, pushing ...

The Artemis II mission crew, including Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, train for orbital operations in the Orion spacecraft simulator at NASA in Houston on Oct. 3, 2023.

Citing safety concerns, NASA officials announced on Tuesday that Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1974 — has been delayed until late 2025.

NASA announced on Tuesday that it will delay the launch of the Artemis II mission to September 2025 and for Artemis III to September 2026 to give more time to prepare.

Artemis 1 blasts off from Launch Pad 39B, on Wed. Nov. 16, 2022. Credit: NASA NASA's live coverage of the Artemis 1 lift off began at 10:30 p.m. EST.

Here’s how it works. The Orion spacecraft for NASA's Artemis 2 astronaut mission was officially handed over to NASA for launch processing on May 1, 2025. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) ...