NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) We have liftoff! Once again, space exploration history has been made as humans launch towards the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

Astronauts are expected to hit a major milestone in the Artemis II mission with a historic flyby of the moon on Monday afternoon.

The Pasadena lab plays a key role in data exchange and communications between four Artemis II astronauts and mission control. For many, the moon mission is the first time they’ll support a human space flight.

NASA’s Artemis II mission is targeting a Wednesday launch. Here’s what you can expect to see.

NASA is sending astronauts back around the Moon. And Australia will play a critical role in helping them get there.

Artemis II will test NASA’s crew capabilities in deep space and gather more information that could ultimately help send astronauts to Mars.

NASA is preparing for its first crewed mission towards the moon in more than fifty years. The Artemis II mission will not land on the lunar surface, but it's a critical step in testing deep space travel and the crew reflects a new generation of international and more diverse human spaceflight.

NASA plans to return humans to deep space next month, targeting a Feb. 6 launch for Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission that will carry astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. "We are going — again," NASA said Tuesday in a ...

As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.

NASA lost contact with the Artemis 2 crew on Monday evening as the astronauts passed behind the moon.

The Artemis II astronauts witnessed a solar eclipse from space during their historic flyby over the moon, a sight few have seen in person.