Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon's curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. Credit: NASA ...

When four astronauts strap into the Orion capsule for Artemis II, the mission NASA now targets for April 2026, they will carry a responsibility that reaches well beyond their own flight. The performance of Orion’s heat shield during the roughly 25,000 ...

The Artemis II mission achieved groundbreaking results before even entering the moon’s orbit, which makes you appreciate how far the spacecraft has come since the first mission in 2022. During the first Artemis I mission in 2022, the un-crewed spacecraft ...

In an on-going overhaul of NASA's Artemis program, agency officials say it will take seven years to build a sophisticated base on the moon.

The Artemis 2 mission is due to send astronauts on a test mission to the moon and back during the "opening act" of a new age of discovery.

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WASHINGTON — The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years successfully concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean April 10. The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in the Pacific southwest of San Diego at 8:07 p.m. Eastern ...

Artemis 2's Orion capsule has returned to its Florida launch site, just three weeks after carrying four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon's far side.