Artemis II — set to launch in early 2026 and land off San Diego — will be lofted by Boeing’s SLS rocket for the first manned trip to the moon since 1972, making a fly-by but not landing.

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As the Moon begins its waxing phase, plant your annual flowers and those fruits and vegetables that bear their harvest above ...

There are a lot of things in Earth's night sky, and every now and again, they line up in such a way to give us all a little ...

I am really in my happy place here," he said in a Naval Base San Diego news release. In 2022, Artemis I, the test flight with an uncrewed Orion craft orbiting the moon, performed beyond ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — On Saturday, San Diegans — at least those in areas with minimal cloud cover — were treated to a celestial spectacle as April’s full “pink moon” rose over the ...

(The Center Square) – Andre Douglas didn’t get picked to go to the moon, but he’ll still get a moment that’s out of this world. Next year, Douglas from NASA and fellow backup astronaut ...