The Artemis II lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is being viewed as a major milestone in the US space agency's effort to send the astronauts back to the lunar surface.

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Final checks are being completed for NASA's Artemis 2 mission that will take astronauts further into space than ever before ...

Some time during the first week of April, a 322-foot NASA rocket is scheduled to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center and soar deep into outer space, carrying its crew of four astronauts farther ...

FLORIDA - Artemis II has successfully launched from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II crew includes: Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, 50, of the Canadian Space Agency.

Four astronauts — including a Canadian — aboard the Orion spacecraft lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Artemis 2 lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Jim Watson) (Jim Watson/AFP ...

(NEXSTAR) – Cheers erupted Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after NASA’s long-awaited Artemis II launched into the sky, embarking on its historic mission to the moon. The expedition is ...

For the first time in nearly 54 years, humans are on their way to the lunar surface, courtesy of Nasa’s Artemis II mission. This is part of the US space agency’s larger goal of establishing a permanen ...

As the spacecraft left Earth’s atmosphere and made it’s way to the far side of the Moon, Commander Reid Wiseman said he cold ...

The NASA flight is hours away from parachuting into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, concluding a journey that sent humans ...

Nasa has delivered a final mission update to confirm that Artemis II will blast off on Wednesday and circle the Moon.