Astronauts who went farther into space than any other humans have returned to Earth after a dramatic reentry and splashdown near San Diego. All four will instantly become space celebrities and help ...

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Four astronauts are returning to Earth after a historic moon-circling mission. NASA plans for uncrewed lunar landers in 2026 and the Artemis III test mission in 2027. A human moon landing is planned ...

Excitement over the Artemis II launch to the moon has raised some questions about the cost. The U.S. government has spent at least $93 billion and counting on the Artemis program, which seeks to ...

Space simulator Kerbal Space Program has seen a resurgence as players celebrate the launch of the world's first manned mission to the Moon, Artemis II, in decades. The Artemis II crew are heading home ...

The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission that launched April 1 are well equipped to document their journey around the moon because of training from RIT alumni. Katrina Willoughby ’04 and Paul ...

SEATTLE — Dozens of Washington-based companies had a hand in making the Artemis II mission possible. RELATED | Rocket lifts off with 4 Artemis II astronauts on a mission to the moon and back Karman ...

The moonshot gave US spectacle a broader face with the first woman, first person of color and first non-American It gave the appearance of a true all-American moment: a Nasa moon rocket blasting into ...

This story was updated April 2, 2026, to note that after orbiting Earth, Artemis II is now on the trajectory that will take it around the moon. For the first time in more than half a century, humans ...

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The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of ...

NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, the first crewed mission toward the moon in over 50 years. The mission is scheduled to launch on April 1 from ...