The Artemis II mission represents the first time astronauts have launched beyond low Earth orbit since 1972. Tom Hanks is celebrating the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, and the four astronauts ...

The Artemis II crew launched into the history books Wednesday, blasting off aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft on a mission around the moon — the first crewed journey beyond low-Earth orbit in more than ...

Artemis II is NASA’s first mission with crew aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, and the first beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. After a first launch ...

NASA's Artemis II astronauts launched on a nine-and-a-half-day mission around the moon and back. The rocket lifted off Wednesday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT. The ...

A famous quote is displayed at Kennedy Space Center with Buzz Aldrin's photo: "I know the sky is not the limit because there are footprints on the moon − and I made some of them." On July 16, 1969, ...

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images NASA launched a mega rocket ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA's push ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around ...

More than half a century after NASA’s final Apollo mission, astronauts prepared Wednesday to return to the moon, but this time, they will not land. Instead, four crew members aboard Artemis II will ...

The area will see another active afternoon of showers and thunderstorms today, especially across inland communities.Moisture from the Caribbean continues to mo Woman arrested months after vicious ...