The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a ...

A look at NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, its impact in 1968, and how Artemis 2 could shape the future of human spaceflight in 2026 ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon.

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

NASA's first moon landing since Apollo 17 was initially scheduled for late 2024. However, development delays with both Boeing and SpaceX have pushed Artemis III back to 2027. Boeing is now preparing ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated Nov. 15, 2022. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy told a crowded stadium at Rice University that the U.S. would lead the charge of landing a man on the moon by ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated Nov. 15, 2022 to reflect a new launch window. Fifty years since the last American set foot on the moon, NASA is preparing to return to lunar orbit in the first ...

Artemis II will mark humanity's first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The approximately 10-day ...

But it’s nonetheless a daring feat. The Artemis 2 crew will be flying around the Moon and back in an enormous arc, likely ...

Skimming just 60 miles above the surface, astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders stared into the Moon’s ...