A giant rocket’s tower of flame lifted three Americans and one Canadian at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the first crewed journey that will go around the moon since 1972. Kenneth Chang The Artemis II crew ...

NASA's Artemis II mission is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening, with a two-hour launch window beginning at 6:24pm EDT. The planned lunar fly-around by four ...

NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on April 1, 2026. Story Connor Greene NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully launched ...

NASA is sending four astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than half a century. The astronauts will be doing a 10-day lunar flyby aboard the Orion spacecraft. The mission is a critical ...

Liftoff is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. ET today (April 1). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

NASA is set to launch Artemis II at 6:24 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center, marking a historic return to deep space with astronauts aboard for the first time in more than 50 years. The mission will ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is set to make history Wednesday evening as it launches Artemis II, the first crewed mission to travel toward the ...

As launch time approaches for NASA's first moonshot in more than half a century, anticipation is building for the Artemis II mission, which will send a crew of four astronauts on a nine-and-a-half-day ...

NASA's Artemis II mission will be the first human moon mission in more than 50 years. The four-person crew includes the first woman, first Black man, and first Canadian to fly toward the moon. The ...

A Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft will transport three Americans and one Canadian on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back, paving the way for a future mission where ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—Launching to the Moon is an all-day undertaking, something the four astronauts waiting to climb aboard NASA’s Artemis II rocket know well. “It is actually a very long day,” ...

The mission's purpose is to deploy 25 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. Due to the rocket's southern trajectory, it may not be easily visible from Arizona. Viewers can watch ...