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NASA will announce the four astronauts assigned to Artemis III on June 9 and provide a progress update on the lunar test flight designed to validate critical docking operations for future surface missions

NASA’s Artemis III is no longer the first crewed return to the lunar surface. Instead, the mission is being reshaped into a crewed Earth-orbit test designed to prove that Orion and commercial lunar landers can work as a,

NASA says Artemis III is being defined as a crewed Earth-orbit mission to test rendezvous and docking between Orion and commercial landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX before Artemis IV lunar operations.

NASA says Artemis 3 will fly the Space Launch System without its usual upper stage, underscoring how the mission has shifted from a lunar landing attempt to an orbital test of rendezvous and docking with lander systems.

A newly processed sequence from NASA’s Artemis II image archive reveals lightning, aurora and apparent satellites in the iconic Earth view captured from Orion.

NASA detailed the compact flywheel exercise device used on Artemis II, highlighting how crew health in deep space depends on tightly engineered hardware that fits inside a crowded spacecraft and works without drawing pow

NASA says Artemis II carried the first laser communications system used on a crewed deep-space mission, transferring more than 450 gigabytes of data from lunar vicinity during the roughly 10-day flight.

A seasonal skywatching explainer revisits why some star patterns remain familiar year-round while others, such as Orion, are tied to particular months and hemispheres.

NASA shared iPhone footage from Artemis II showing Earth’s reflected light illuminating the Orion cabin during the mission’s second day.

Following Artemis II’s successful splashdown, NASA engineers have started analyzing data from Orion, SLS, and related systems to inform future missions.

One week after splashdown, Artemis 2 is shifting from flight milestone to research engine, with scientists focusing on astronaut-derived tissue chips, standardized health data, and lessons from Orion’s first crewed deep-

After splashing down off California, the Artemis II crew returned to Houston as NASA begins folding lessons from the first crewed mission in the program into future lunar plans.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts are back on Earth after a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back, completing the first crewed deep-space lunar mission of the Artemis era and setting a new distance record for humans.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have returned to Earth after a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon, setting a new record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific on April 10, successfully ending Artemis 2, the first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years.

NASA's Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific after nearly 10 days around the Moon, closing the agency's first crewed lunar test mission in more than half a century.

NASA’s Artemis II mission ended with a safe Pacific splashdown after a 10-day, 685,000-mile journey around the Moon, marking the successful close of humanity’s first crewed lunar voyage since Apollo-era missions.

NASA’s Artemis II mission ended with a successful splashdown, marking the first return of astronauts from the moon since the Apollo era and Orion’s first crewed deep-space landing.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down off the California coast on April 10, bringing the four-person Artemis 2 crew home after a 10-day test flight around the moon.

NASA’s Artemis 2 crew has returned to Earth after a 10-day mission around the moon, closing the first crewed Artemis flight and setting a new human-distance record in the process.