The astronauts are on their way home after looping around the moon on a historic flyby. Here are the dazzling images they captured Carlyn Kranking | Associate Web Editor, Science Earth, partially ...

With a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening, the epic Artemis II moon mission came to an end. Americans have been tracking the progress of the four astronauts — commander Reid Wiseman, ...

Four astronauts have flown around the Moon today, the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. The seven-hour flyby took them farther from Earth than any humans in history — roughly 252,000 ...

"Apollo happened before I was born, and the idea that we will see humans on the moon within our lifetimes, with decades of advances in science and technology behind them, is remarkable." When you ...

The end of the historic Artemis II mission kicks off a race to establish a permanent human presence on the moon. NASA is taking steps toward establishing a permanent lunar outpost by 2030. This ...

NASA’s launched the rocket Artemis II today, the first manned mission to the moon in over 50 years. The 10-day mission will see three American astronauts and one Canadian travel around the moon and ...

SLS and Orion on the pad during the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal Feb. 2. Credit: NASA/John Kraus Depending on when you read this, NASA will be weeks — perhaps days — from one of its biggest missions ...

From outdated tech to funding hurdles, here’s why astronauts haven’t landed on the moon in over five decades Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty; Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Astronauts haven't landed on ...