A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

Artemis II will mark humanity's first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The approximately 10-day mission will send the four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon, testing ...

Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a ...

NASA projects an image of the Artemis II Mission "Patch" onto the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida in April. The Artemis II mission is planned to be the first to send a ...

American space agency NASA conducted a full rehearsal of the launch day procedures for the Artemis II mission scheduled to ...

NASA's next moon mission commander raised his hands in celebration during a powerful rocket engine test. NASA captured Wiseman and his Artemis 2 crewmate Christina Koch in Mississippi at NASA's ...

The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This process includes loading supercold ...

The spacecraft is in an altitude chamber that can test how it will perform in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's next ...

Less than a year after announcing major delays for the next two Artemis moon missions, NASA managers said Thursday the projected flight dates are slipping once again, with the first piloted voyage ...

On June 24, 2020, engineers completed the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s structural testing campaign for the Artemis lunar missions by testing the liquid oxygen structural test article to find its ...

NASA's Artemis Moon mission achieved another milestone today, and its successful Cryogenic Demonstration Test is a massive indicator of its next-level focus on ensuring the rocket's future performance ...