"We go for all humanity," Commander Reid Wiseman says at the start of a 10-day mission to circle the Moon - and travel further from Earth than any human before.

Discover NASA's Artemis II mission: liftoff on April 1, 2026, crew details, 10-day lunar flyby timeline, and all your questions answered from launch to Pacific splashdown. The first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years.

NASA is launching four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the moon, the first attempt to send humans beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The crew will fly by the far side of the moon before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego.

The Artemis II mission aiming to carry four astronauts in an arc around the moon is NASA's first trip to Earth's sole satellite in more than 50 years.

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen blasted off at 6:35 p.m. ET Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They are the first people to launch toward the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, more than 50 years ago.

NASA targeted the launch of its Artemis II crewed test flight around the moon for a window opening Wednesday evening, April 1.

Instead, the Artemis II crew will leave Earth on a “free return” trajectory, flying around the leading edge of the moon and using lunar gravity to bend the ship’s path back toward Earth. NASA’s Artemis II mission plans to take a crew of four in the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back to Earth.

After a headline-making nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally made it back to Earth. On Tuesday, March 18, the pair started their journey back home alongside fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos ...

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide live coverage of the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17.