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Four astronauts lifted off from Kennedy Space Center as Artemis II began, marking the first crewed flight in NASA’s renewed push to return people to the moon. Riding the Space Launch System—the most powerful rocket ever...
Crowds gathered at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday evening to watch the Artemis II rocket lift off. CBS News' Rob Marciano spoke with the Ross family, who traveled from Colorado Springs and pulled their daughters out of...
NASA launched the crewed Artemis II mission Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, nicknamed Integrity, on a planned flight toward lunar vicinity.
NASA closed out its final "go/no-go" poll Wednesday as it prepared to release Artemis II on its planned mission. Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson ran through the checklist, calling each team in turn to confirm...
Crowds from around the country gathered near the Kennedy Space Center as the planned Artemis II liftoff approached. Among them was Matt and his son Jack, who set up at Space View Park in Titusville, Florida, arriving...
Artemis II marked a moment many had waited decades for: humans leaving low Earth orbit for the first time since the Apollo era. More than a headline, the mission was a testbed — scientific, political and technological...
As Artemis II prepared for liftoff from Brevard County, Florida, Congressman Mike Haridopolos — who represents the district hosting the launch — described the moment as “America at its finest.” Speaking about the...
Updated: April 1, 2026 / 10:39 AM EDT What the mission is: Artemis II will be NASA’s first crewed trip around the moon in more than 50 years. Four astronauts will make a roughly nine-and-a-half-day round-trip voyage to...
NASA is preparing a crewed lunar flyby, a mission Jared Isaacman describes as a crucial step toward sending astronauts deeper into the solar system and, ultimately, to Mars.
Apr 01, 2026 — About two hours after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, the Artemis II crew reached high Earth orbit, NASA reported. The astronauts will spend roughly 24 hours running systems checks on the Orion...
Overview NASA is preparing Artemis II, the first crewed lunar-flight mission in more than 50 years. Launching from Kennedy Space Center, the flight will test the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft...
The Artemis II countdown moved ahead smoothly as engineers readied NASA’s giant Space Launch System rocket and the Orion crew capsule for fueling and liftoff, setting the stage for the agency’s first piloted mission to...
