NASA is entering the tightest stretch yet before its first crewed lunar voyage of the Artemis era, with Artemis 2 now poised to fly astronauts around the moon roughly one month from now if final tests hold.

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.

NASA has set a date for a return to the Moon, as part of the U.S. space agency’s ambitious Artemis program.

The Artemis III follow-up mission plans to do an actual crewed landing, but that's run into some scheduling problems. The initial plan was to use a modified version of SpaceX's Starship, specially developed for NASA under the Human Lander System (HLS) program.

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NASA's Artemis II mission, set to launch on Feb. 6, will send four astronauts farther from Earth than any human has traveled in decades

Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and competition with China, the program's first crewed flight around the moon will mark a definitive turning point. In 2026, humanity isn't just planning to return to lunar space — it's actually going.

The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak The recent passing of retired Navy Capt. Jim Lovell, an astronaut ...

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