America’s last lunar venture went down in February 2024, when the US landed an unmanned lunar spacecraft called Odysseus near the moon’s south pole; its first in 50 years. Odysseus carried six NASA experiments and six commercial items, including a Jeff Koons sculpture.

NASA announced updates to the Artemis program, including phased lunar landings, increased commercial involvement, and new nuclear propulsion missions to support sustainable Moon operations.

Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to fly past or circle the moon or to land crewed or uncrewed spacecraft there, according to a count by the European Space Agency.

Artemis II astronauts will be looking at the Moon from a “unique perspective”, as they will be passing by at a much higher altitude compared to the Apollo missions.

NASA’s Artemis II will send astronauts around the Moon in a historic mission. From liftoff to lunar flyby and splashdown, here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how the spacecraft will travel, orbit, and return safely—explained simply.

Tonight, four astronauts will strap into a capsule on Florida's Space Coast and do something no human has done since 1972, leave Earth's orbit and head toward the Moon. NASA's Artemis II mission, targeting liftoff at 6:24 p.

NASA added a new mission to its Artemis moon program involving a spacecraft docking test in Earth's orbit before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling the flagship U.

NASA pauses the Lunar Gateway program to focus on building a multi-phase Moon base through the Artemis program.