Some eagle-eyed fans spotted something unusual, 19 minutes before launch. Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, took out a tablet and typed out the PIN to unlock it.

Astronauts on Nasa's Artemis II mission are orbiting the Earth before heading towards the Moon in a few hours - why are they going and what are they doing onboard now? Watch the mission live at the top of the page So what does our planet look like from space?

With a fiery roar from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen launched to the moon aboard the Artemis II on Wednesday.

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a first-ever manned landing on the moon's South Pole in 2028,

Sky's Thomas Moore meets Britain's first-ever astronaut, Helen Sharman, as the world counts down to a landmark return to the moon.

British astronaut Tim Peake speaks to the Mirror ahead of Artemis II's historic mission to the moon, and tells how we may be able to holiday in space in our

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year has revealed he lost the ability to speak in space.

Learn how 4-time space flier Mike Fincke’s medical episode on the International Space Station is still a mystery to doctors.

All three NASA astronauts on the Artemis II lunar mission are veterans of Earth-orbit science expeditions to the International Space Station, while the lone Canadian joining ​them on a voyage around the moon and back is a spaceflight ‌rookie.

China's first astronaut reported a sound during his historic mission that left scientists baffled

Astronaut explains why no one has visited the moon for 50 years