Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

The creator of the futuristic Orion capsule, the only spacecraft capable of speeding aeronauts to the Moon, is set to begin ...

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.

NASA’s Artemis II crew boarded the Orion spacecraft on December 20, 2025, for a countdown demonstration test, rehearsing launch-day procedures at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

But it’s nonetheless a daring feat. The Artemis 2 crew will be flying around the Moon and back in an enormous arc, likely ...

The Artemis II mission will return humans to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in more than half a century.

NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 of the ...

The Artemis II crew completed a launch day simulation, a key step before their mission around the moon. The mission, slated for as early as February, will be a 10-day test flight aboard the Orion ...

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and ...

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.

The last time anyone watched the Moon grow large in a spacecraft window, a rotary phone was still a normal piece of household ...