NASA is aiming for an April 1 launch date for a mission that will send astronauts around the moon and back as part of its ambitious lunar landing program.Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft,

The mission has faced delays due to ongoing repairs on the Space Launch System rocket. Artemis 2 will be the first crewed flight of the Orion capsule, testing systems for future moon landings. NASA also recently announced an overhaul of the Artemis ...

Artemis II will send four astronauts around the Moon aboard Orion while the public tracks the mission through NASA’s Artemis Real-time Orbit Website and mobile app.

NASA will give an update today on its progress toward sending a crew to the moon.Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, circle Earth and navigate around the moon, and confirm that the spacecraft’s systems operate in the Artemis II launch,

NASA will host a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 12, at Kennedy Space Center to highlight progress toward the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight of the Artemis program, which is intended to carry astronauts around the Moon.

A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory and proving ground,