Historic NASA manned mission to the moon launches Wednesday afternoon

NASA says space mission on track for Wednesday launch, aiming to carry a crew to the moon for first time in 5 decades

NASA counts down for first crewed lunar mission in half a century

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. space mission in decades and a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface before China's first crewed landing.

Watch Artemis 2 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The Artemis II mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:35 MT/5:35 CT on Wednesday, April 1, carrying four astronauts away from the Earth and towards the moon on a spacecraft called Orion. The crew will have to travel some 244,000 miles (393,000 kilometers) away to reach the moon, which will take several days.
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NASA's Artemis missions: Everything you need to know ahead of the historic moon launch

As NASA prepares to launch its second Artemis program flight in a fly-by around the Moon, we're taking a look at 10 of the most important things to know about NASA's lunar exploration program. Picking up where Apollo 17 left off in 1972, NASA's Artemis ...

Artemis II crew returns to Houston, reflects on 10-day mission around the moon

The four astronauts of Artemis II arrived back in Texas tonight, greeted by cheers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew reunited with family and shared emotional reflections from their 10‑day journey around the moon,
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NASA says it’s a ‘go’ for fresh Artemis II moon launch attempt but admits risks remain

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is working to launch its Artemis II moon mission as soon as April 1, said Lori Glaze, one of the agency’s acting associate administrators, at a press conference on Thursday.