The Artemis II, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, sends a four-person crew around the Moon and back. The mission marks the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years and making Koch the first woman to travel that far into deep space.

NASA's Artemis II astronauts will spend about 24 hours orbiting the Earth and running checks on their spacecraft and life support systems before heading to the moon.

Read full article: NASA delays astronauts’ lunar trip until March after hydrogen leaks mar fueling test The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B at after rollout from the VAB. ‘On its launch pad!’ NASA Artemis ...

Multiple presidents, policymakers, government staff, university researchers, and industry enabled the investments, workforce, and innovation that led to Artemis and future missions. Space exploration is a long game. It requires sustained investments and a deep bench of expertise.

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. For the first time in more than 50 years, NASA is set to launch ...

NASA’s Artemis crew of four astronauts returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, capping humanity’s first return to the moon in more than 50 years.

In a nation divided over war, immigration, elections and shutdowns, it took the Artemis II moon mission to unify Americans, if only for a few spins of the Earth.