In this April 16, 1970 photo made available by NASA, flight controllers gather in Mission Control in Houston during the last 24 hours of Apollo 13 mission. (NASA via AP) (Uncredited) HOUSTON – Some of ...

After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far side never ...

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Artemis II astronauts got a special wake-up message from legendary astronaut Jim Lovell, the late commander for the Apollo 13 mission, which he recorded before he died at age 97 last year. "Hello ...

Humanity on Monday traveled the farthest ever into space when Artemis II broke the record set more than 50 years ago by Apollo 13. Artemis II’s four astronauts zoomed past Apollo 13’s 248,655-mile ...

With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts set a record Monday as the farthest humans from Earth during a lunar flyby promising magnificent views of the far side never before ...

The four astronauts embarking on NASA's lunar flyby became on Monday the humans to travel farthest from our planet, as they begin documenting areas of the moon never before seen by the naked eye. The ...

The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record. Launched last week on humanity’s first trip to the moon since ...

While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: “Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?” After all, NASA had the ...

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 toward a landing in two ...

WASHINGTON — NASA is counting down to the launch of Artemis II, its first fully crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. The launch window is set to open at 6:24 p.m. from Kennedy Space ...

NASA is preparing to send four astronauts on a roughly 10-day journey around the moon as early as Wednesday evening, a mission that represents the agency’s most significant human spaceflight effort in ...