5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (218+ words) WASHINGTON — To the moon and back. Friday evening will be a live homecoming for the spacecraft Artemis II and its crew of four astronauts. It's what some experts consider the most dangerous part of the mission, as Orion's four crewmembers…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) WASHINGTON — The Artemis II crew is headed back to Earth following a historic lunar flyby Monday. During the near seven-hour long observation, the four astronauts took turns looking out the Orion spacecraft windows to view the moon from nearly 4,000 miles…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (230+ words) SAN DIEGO — The Artemis II astronauts will be recovered by the U.S. Navy after their capsule splashes down Friday off the San Diego coast. The U.S. Navy confirmed Monday that the USS John P. Murtha, based in San Diego, will…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (289+ words) HOUSTON — Shortly after the Artemis II mission broke the record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled during their lunar flyby, the crew requested to give names to two craters. The first crater they asked to name Integrity, after…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday released stunning new images from the Artemis II mission, highlighting the historic total solar eclipse seen by the crew as they passed around the far side of the moon. The first of the images…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (226+ words) WASHINGTON — The Artemis II crew are concluding their historic lunar flyby observations with an epic total solar eclipse from behind the moon. The eclipse is only visible for the Orion spacecraft from their vantage point behind the moon. It arrives…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (503+ words) As a kid, Jeannette Luna was fascinated by outer space. Heavy into science fiction novels and thriving in her science classes, she dreamed of being an astronaut. And while she later shifted her focus to studying and working in earth…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (487+ words) WASHINGTON — The Artemis II astronauts will fly by the moon Monday. Here's what to know about their mission schedule and how you can watch the entire thing. The crew — comprised of three Americans and one Canadian — launched last week marking…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (416+ words) WASHINGTON — The crew of the Artemis II mission are set to make history yet again on Monday, when the four astronauts aboard the Orion loop around the moon at the farthest distance from Earth ever traveled by humans. Astronauts Reid…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (485+ words) WASHINGTON — Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their toilet is on the blink again. “The Earth…...