#Artemis II

NASA’s Artemis II crew looped behind the Moon and briefly became the farthest humans ever to travel from Earth, marking a symbolic and operational milestone for the agency’s return to deep-space crewed exploration.

The Artemis II astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history, surpassing the Apollo 13 mark as Orion looped around the far side of the moon.

As Artemis II circles the Moon, pilot Victor Glover is poised to become the first Black astronaut to orbit it, a milestone that also invites a broader look at Black American exploration history.

NASA’s Artemis II mission is underway, sending four astronauts around the Moon and back on an approximately 10-day test flight designed to validate Orion’s performance in deep space.

Fresh images of Earth from Artemis II have captured public attention by pairing technical achievement with a unifying human message from a historic crew on its journey around the moon.

NASA has released the first downlinked images from the Artemis II crew, including a photograph of Earth taken from Orion after the mission's translunar injection burn.

NASA says Orion has completed the burn that sent Artemis II out of Earth orbit, putting four astronauts on the first crewed lunar flyby mission since Apollo.

TechCrunch argues Artemis II is likely the last U.S. crewed moon mission built without major help from venture-backed space companies, setting up a sharper handoff to SpaceX and Blue Origin next.

NASA’s Artemis II mission has launched with four astronauts aboard Orion, beginning the first crewed lunar mission in more than five decades and a major test flight for future moon return plans.

NASA’s Artemis II mission has launched four astronauts on a lunar flyby, marking the first crewed journey around the moon in more than 50 years.

NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, starting a roughly 10-day crewed test flight around the Moon and marking the first astronaut voyage beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years.

A mysterious medical episode that left veteran astronaut Michael Fincke briefly unable to speak is sharpening concerns about crew health as NASA moves toward longer lunar missions.

Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen is set to become the first Canadian to fly around the moon, capping a long wait that included years of technical, policy, and astronaut-training work.

NASA has released a detailed launch countdown for Artemis II, outlining the key milestones that begin roughly two days before liftoff for the crewed mission around the Moon

NASA says it is targeting no earlier than April 1 for Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program, and has outlined a slate of live coverage for launch preparations, launch day, and the roughly 10-day fly

NASA has set April 1, 2026 as the target launch date for Artemis II, the first crewed flight around the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day mission aboard the Orion spacecraft.

As NASA finalizes preparations for Artemis II — the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo — the agency converges with Hollywood in the release of 'Project Hail Mary,' which NASA scientists helped shape and ISS crews screened in orbit.

A hydrogen fuel leak during the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal has pushed the crewed Moon mission from February to March 2026, as technicians replace seals on the mobile launcher.