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For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are cruising through lunar space. The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission arrived in the moon‘s sphere of influence

HOUSTON — Talk about a looky loo. As the four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission to the moon close in on their historic lunar flyby — the first by

The Artemis 2 astronauts will get a rare skywatching treat on Monday (April 6). The quartet will see a total solar eclipse that evening as they slingshot around the moon’s

Astronomers have discovered dozens of faint ribbons of stars in the outskirts of the Milky Way using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. The findings were made using

The parallels between the Artemis 2 and Apollo 8 moon missions now include a stirring holiday message. As they circled the moon on Dec. 24, 1968, the three Apollo 8

HOUSTON — A burning smell from the toilet is not something you’d want to experience on Earth, so when it happened to NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts on the way to

We now know how far the Artemis 2 astronauts will get from Earth — and that distance will be unprecedented. The Artemis 2 crew — NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover

NASA posted this photo of Earth, snapped by its moonbound Artemis 2 crew, on the social media site X on April 3, 2026. (Image credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman) The Artemis 2

April’s full “Pink Moon” dazzled stargazers with a glorious display of moonlight on April 1, mere hours before NASA’s Artemis 2 mission launched 4 astronauts on a 10-day journey to

Artemis 2 is on its way to the moon. The mission’s Orion capsule aced a crucial translunar injection (TLI) burn this evening (April 2), firing its main engine to leave