#Moon mission

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is being remembered as the first crewed flight toward the moon in more than 50 years, but its importance lies just as much in the systems it is testing for the missions that follow.

NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts completed a historic flyby around the moon, becoming the farthest-traveled humans on record as the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo presses through its 10-day flight.

As Artemis 2 swings around the moon on April 6, the four astronauts are expected to witness a total solar eclipse from beyond the lunar far side, a sight visible only from their spacecraft.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission has turned an unglamorous subsystem into a public talking point, underscoring how human spaceflight depends on mundane hardware working flawlessly far from Earth.

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.

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reported a burning smell near Orion's hygiene bay after the mission passed the halfway point to the moon, but Mission Control said it was not overly concerned and continued evaluating the odor

NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts photographed Earth from Orion after a crucial engine burn sent the mission out of Earth orbit and toward 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.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission completed its critical translunar injection burn, sending Orion and its crew out of Earth orbit and toward the moon.

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 2 crew is safely in Earth orbit after launch, but the mission’s defining test on April 2 is the translunar injection burn that will send Orion toward the moon.

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.

NASA’s Artemis 2 launched on April 1, 2026, carrying four astronauts on a free-return mission around the moon and marking humanity’s first trip beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years.

NASA is preparing to launch Artemis 2 on April 1, 2026, sending four astronauts around the Moon on the agency’s first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in more than five decades.

NASA is preparing to launch four astronauts on the 10-day Artemis 2 lunar mission on April 1, with agency officials stressing that the schedule is serious despite the date.

As NASA prepares for Artemis 2, the mission’s basic figures reveal the scale, cost, and symbolism of sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time since Apollo.

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.

NASA says Artemis 2 remains on schedule for an April 1 launch window, with agency officials reporting no technical issues currently threatening the first crewed moon mission of the Artemis era.