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Former NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson outlined what the Artemis II crew will do once in orbit and why the mission matters. After launch the spacecraft will settle into a roughly 24‑hour elliptical orbit. That cadence...
Orion does not have fold-down bunks. Each crew member uses a personal sleeping bag they can secure anywhere in the cabin that feels comfortable. In microgravity there is no up or down, so bags may be mounted to...
Microgravity removes “down,” so liquids and solids don’t fall away from the body. Space toilets replace gravity with airflow, vacuum and mechanical restraints to capture and contain waste safely.
Minutes before boarding the rocket, the Artemis II crew paused for one last ritual: a quick card game. They played “highest card wins” with NASA’s chief astronaut, Scott Tingle, following a long-standing astronaut...
NASA's Artemis II is a crewed test flight that will carry astronauts farther from Earth than any humans have gone in decades, sending them on a loop around the moon and over parts of the far side.
While millions tuned in online and on television, thousands of people gathered across Florida and southern Georgia to watch the Artemis II launch in person. From beaches and park vantage points, families — children...
Tonight we celebrate something long in the making: four astronauts now circling Earth, preparing the next leg of humanity’s return to the moon. The achievement rests on generations of work and countless minds, but...
Artemis II lifted off Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a historic mission toward the moon. CBS News presented a special report on the launch, anchored by Tony Dokoupil, who led the network's...
Artemis II launched Wednesday evening with a four-person crew that will fly around—but not land on—the Moon. The mission includes several historic firsts: it carries the first woman, the first Black man and the first...
Four astronauts — commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — launched on Artemis II and are currently on a planned nine-day lunar flyby. The vehicle reached...
CBS News' Rob Marciano reported from Space View Park, where an estimated 200,000 or more people lined the lagoon to watch the Artemis II liftoff. Spectators waited through a long afternoon of delays, shifting weather...
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...
