The Artemis II launched into orbit Wednesday evening as NASA began its historic moon mission.

The United States is poised to send astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit for the first time in over 50 years as NASA prepares to launch Artemis II.

NASA's Artemis II mission will launch with SLS rocket engines that have flown multiple times on past space shuttle missions. Here's their story.

Live updates from the Artemis II mission, which launched April 1 from Kennedy Space Center on a 10-day test flight around the moon.

The Artemis II launch on April 1, was a success. But not all launches have bee. In 1986, 7 members of the Challenger crew were killed in a shocking disaster.

Artemis II mission is set to launch at 6:24 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center. The mission will send a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, marking a historic return to deep space in over 50 years.

NASA is once again shooting for the Moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket to send a crewed spacecraft,

On April 12, 1981, the first space shuttle lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. At the exact same time in Alpena, Ella White elementary school fourth grader Corey Brooker watched in anticipation as the shuttle launched,

As the world follows NASA's first crewed moon mission in decades, the Mohawk Valley remembers hometown hero Gregory B. Jarvis, who died in the Challenger explosion.