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The first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis program is underway. Four ArtemisII astronauts are flying aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the Moon
For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after successfully completing a key burn of Orion’s
ArtemisII launches four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft into Earth orbit, sending them on a loop around the Moon before returning safely to Earth. The mission follows a free-return trajectory that uses the gravity of the Earth and Moon to naturally guide the crew home.
NASA’s ArtemisII astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades since Apollo.
Nicholas Houghton always dreamed of working at NASA and one day becoming an astronaut. Today, he helps design systems that keep crews safe during missions aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, including the successful ArtemisII mission around the Moon.
Before ArtemisII launches for the Moon, join us for a never-before-seen Artemis experience on the bottom floor of Space Shuttle Atlantis. This exclusive exhibition immerses you in the story, scale, and ambition of ArtemisII.
At 00:35 CEST today (18:35 local time on 1 April), NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on ArtemisII. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which powers, propels and …
The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s ArtemisII astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon's far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse. Released April 7, 2026, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian …
Around the Moon and back. Watch the ArtemisII astronauts come home.NASA's ArtemisII mission is splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at about 8:07 p.m. EDT o…
As a trusted partner in supporting NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, The Aerospace Corporation is contributing launch systems expertise to Artemis that has been honed over decades of advancing the nation’s space missions.
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