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 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 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.

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.

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.

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.

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 ...

The NASA rocket that will fly astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972 could be rolled out to its launchpad at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida within days. The US space agency said the 98m mega-rocket will be slowly moved from its assembly hangar to launch pad 39B on 17 January - weather and technical issues permitting.

Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country’s Tiangong space station using a new process dubbed “artificial photosynthesis.” As the South China Morning Post reports, space travelers from the current Shenzhou-19 mission ...

NASA is planning on rolling out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad on Jan. 17 for a launch as soon as Feb. 5, Space.com is reporting. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter 2 vehicle will carry the SLS-Orion stack from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39B for the first manned lunar mission in more than 50 years.