NASA’s Artemis II mission is rolling toward the launch pad, marking a major step toward humanity’s next journey around the Moon.

The 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence will also feature the historic Artemis 2 astronaut mission around the moon.

The United States is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, riding a towering new rocket that is now assembled and undergoing final checks in Florida.

NASA is targeting no earlier than Saturday, Jan. 17, to begin the multi-hour trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B.

The Crew-11 mission carrying four astronauts launched to the space station on Aug. 1, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, per NBC News. The astronauts include NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.

The Artemis II mission will return humans to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in more than half a century. The post This huge rocket will soon blast NASA astronauts around Moon appeared first on Talker.

The crew member remains in stable condition, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said during a news conference at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC.

As NASA weighs decision on whether to return Crew-11 early due to a medical issue, here's what you should know about the crew.

China is gearing up to launch its latest astronaut crew into orbit. A Long March 2F rocket, topped with the Shenzhou 20 crew spacecraft, was rolled out to its launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday (April 16), according to Chinese state ...

A Vietnamese-American astronaut has opened up about her depression after she received a "tsunami of harassment" following the first all-female space trip since 1963 earlier this year.