NASA’s Artemis II mission will launch four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon and back—the first time humans have traveled out of low Earth orbit in more than 50 years.

Artemis II is expected to break the record for the farthest distance humans have travelled from Earth.

NASA’s Artemis II program is part of a new global space race. This time, world powers have much bigger ambitions.

Before the 32-story SLS rocket's liftoff, launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson told the crew, "Good luck, Godspeed Artemis II. Let's go." ...

But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Artemis II mission, set to take off as early as Wednesday, and fly around the moon, is just the latest chapter in a long ...

NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, the first crewed mission toward the moon in over 50 years. The mission is scheduled to launch on April 1 from ...

NASA is preparing for Artemis II, which will send four astronauts around the Moon. The mission will test Orion’s life-support, navigation, and communication systems in preparation for future lunar ...

NASA is set to launch Artemis 2, its first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972, on April 1, 2026. The mission will involve four astronauts -- three from NASA and one from the Canadian Space Agency - ...

Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan spoke some of the last words from the surface of the moon on December 14, 1972: “And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall ...

Artemis II has travelled 252,756 miles away from Earth, but setting this record is not the mission's main objective.