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NASA’s Artemis 2 crew entered the moon’s sphere of influence on April 6, a milestone that marks humanity’s return to lunar space more than five decades after the Apollo era.

As Artemis 2 approaches its lunar flyby, the crew is reporting unexpected surface detail, conducting suit checks, and preparing for observations on the moon’s far side.

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 crew is heading toward the moon, marking humanity’s first crewed journey to lunar space since Apollo 17 in December 1972 and highlighting how funding and political urgency shaped the long pause.

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.

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.

With Orion’s translunar injection burn complete, Artemis 2 has become the first crewed mission to leave low-Earth orbit since the Apollo era.

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

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 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 Earth Observatory imagery captures a longer-running 2026 eruption at Piton de la Fournaise, where lava has flowed from newly opened fissures toward the Indian Ocean.

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.