#Moon mission

Artemis 2 astronaut Victor Glover says the moon mission should engage people who do not usually follow spaceflight, framing the program as a public-facing effort rather than a milestone exercise alone.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch says Artemis 2 is moving ahead with urgency as she prepares to become the first woman to travel beyond low Earth orbit on the mission’s round-the-moon flight.

NASA’s first crewed lunar mission since Apollo is approaching the pad, and commander Reid Wiseman is presenting it less as spectacle than as a disciplined, high-stakes operational job.

When Artemis 2 flies its planned 10-day lunar mission, NASA’s astronauts will have access to a private bathroom inside Orion, a sharp contrast with Apollo-era waste systems that offered little privacy.

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’s Artemis 2 astronauts are deep into simulations, launch rehearsals, and spacecraft operations training as the agency prepares for humanity’s first crewed mission around the moon in decades.

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.

NASA has about three weeks to complete repairs to the Space Launch System's upper stage before the next Artemis 2 launch window opens in early April. The agency rolled the rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after a helium flow problem that couldn't be diagnosed at the launch pad.

NASA has hauled its massive Space Launch System rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after engineers discovered they couldn't repressurize the upper stage's helium system. The problem pushes the Artemis 2 crewed lunar mission from March to no earlier than April 1.

NASA will attempt to fuel its Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket for the second time on February 19, after a hydrogen leak during the first wet dress rehearsal forced the agency to wave off a February launch window. If the test succeeds, a crewed lunar mission could launch as early as March.

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.