#MoonMission

NASA just passed the moment of no return for Artemis II after translunar injection, the last major engine burn of the moon flight.

The Artemis II astronauts continued their long coast to the moon, capturing stunning photos along the way.

In the first endeavor to orbit the moon in more than half a century, four astronauts launched on the Artemis II mission from Cape Canaveral. A Monitor journalist watched the historic step toward a lunar mission from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Four astronauts on the Artemis space mission have been given the order to fire up their engines and set a course for the moon. NBC News' Tom Costello has more from the Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II blasted off yesterday on a historic mission that sees humans return to the Moon's vicinity for the first time in over 50 years. [Read More]

At 06:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 p.m. PDT) on April 1st, the Artemis II mission lifted off from the historic Launch Pad-39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy on an…