Artemis II rocket mission to the moon: What you need to know

The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.

4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.
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NASA readies Artemis II to fly farther from Earth than any mission ever

NASA is on the verge of sending humans farther from Earth than any crew has ever traveled, using Artemis II as the proving ...

Just Days From SLS Rollout, Here’s the Latest Update for NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission

With launch potentially just three weeks away, the agency is working tirelessly to get the SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and ...
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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...
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One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration’s previous plan to ...
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NASA’s new rover ops hub could revamp Moon and Mars missions

The new Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is more than a fresh control room, it is a deliberate attempt to rethink how robotic explorers are designed, tested, and driven ...