The mission's last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of the Earth's orbit for the first time since 1972.

Earth’s crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the Artemis II mission.Credit: NASA...

Firing the rockets on the Orion spacecraft will send them towards the Moon, which the crew will circle before returning to Earth.

With a successful translunar injection burn, NASA's Artemis II mission stopped circling Earth and began the first crewed journey toward the...

Four astronauts are on their way to orbit the moon for the first time in more than half a century, and a group of Illinois manufacturers kno...

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Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Millions watched on April 1 as the Artemis II mission sent humans back to the moon for the first time since 1972. Here's the day in pictures...

NASA/Aubrey GemignaniNASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II miss...

The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the...

Bill Ingalls NASA’s Space Launch System rocket launches Wednesday carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, command...

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Artemis II will only fly by the moon rather than land, but it will still mark the first time humans travel to the vicinity of the moon since...

CNN, NASA, NASA VIA YOUTUBEBy Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland Merritt Island, Florida (CNN) – Artemis II is on its journey to c...