NASA's Artemis 2 mission successfully launched on April 1, 2026, sending four astronauts in the Orion spacecraft to orbit the moon in a landmark test flight.

NASA's Artemis II mission completes a critical engine burn, propelling the Orion spacecraft and its four-person crew out of Earth orbit toward the moon.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—This will be the third time I have observed NASA’s Orion spacecraft take flight. But with this one, for the first time, am I genuinely hopeful about the future of the space agency and its plans to build a station on the surface of the Moon.

The four-member crew successfully completed a "translunar injection burn" on Thursday, sending them out of Earth's orbit and toward the moon.

The four Artemis II astronauts are nearly halfway to the moon since launching Wednesday, while taking some stunning images.

Orion's interior space is equivalent to that of two minivans, NASA says. That's a lot more breathing room than space capsules of the 1960s and '70s..

The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission will be hurtling toward the Moon this holiday weekend, set to be captured by the lunar gravity by Sunday before beginning the historic flyby.

The Artemis II crew launched from Kennedy Space Center aboard Orion, embarking on NASA's first crewed moon mission since the Apollo era of the 1970s.

NASA's Artemis II mission shared its first image of Earth from space as astronauts prepare for a historic journey to the moon.

NASA's highly-anticipated Artemis II mission has launched a crew of four astronauts on a historic 10-day trip around the moon and back.

Aerospace engineers here in Western New York are focused on the blazing return to earth for the Artemis II mission.