Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John “Jack” Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...

Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world. NASA astronauts will be allowed to bring their smartphones to space for the first time, starting with the Crew-12 and Artemis II missions.

When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to thank staff for their contributions to the mission, saying "we stood on the ...

Are you ready for a bona fide moon shot? The upcoming Artemis II mission is one of the most exciting space excursions in recent memory. It'll be the first time humans have flown to the moon since ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — NASA’s Artemis II is hoping to send four astronauts around the moon with launch dates slated for March. The goal of the mission is to take the crew around the moon in 10 ...

Mankind’s leap back to the moon will have to wait at least a month more after a final Artemis II launch rehearsal revealed critical fuel leaks in the mission’s giant rocket. The Artemis II launch ...

Just before my final, 2001 shuttle mission to help build the International Space Station, I asked the NASA chief of human spaceflight when he thought we’d return to the moon. "Oh, probably not until ...

Update: In an apropos demonstration of why it’s difficult to get excited for space missions until they actually happen, NASA has reportedly delayed the Sunday launch of Artemis II after the threat of ...

More than half a century after astronauts last left the lunar surface, NASA is preparing to send a crew of four back to the moon on a fly-by mission that will sling them around the far side. The ...

Back to the Moon. It’s been over 50 years since humans visited the Moon. This month that’s about to change with the Artemis II mission. Four astronauts are scheduled to launch on a trip to fly around ...

Four astronauts will fly around the moon, perhaps as early as next month, on NASA’s Artemis II mission. The three Americans and one Canadian will ride on the Space Launch System in its initial crewed ...

Artemis 2 will use the SLS to send a crew of four aboard an Orion spacecraft on a 10-day mission looping within 4,600 miles (7,400 km) of the Moon. The crew consists of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot ...