The Artemis 2 moon crew during a launch simulation at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 20, 2023. They stand on the crew access arm at Launch 39B, which will one day bring them to the waiting ...

Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch sometime in early 2026 — more than three years after the launch of Artemis 1, in November 2022. Artemis 1 sent an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit on a ...

Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch in 2024, but it may be tough for NASA to hit that target. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Hansen, Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch were named to the crew in April, but their visit to the Kennedy Space Center Monday and Tuesday was their first chance to ...

Artemis 2 crew members inspect their Orion crew module inside the high bay of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Aug. 7, 2023.

Following Artemis 2, assuming all training and funding keeps to schedule, Artemis 3 may land a new set of astronauts on the moon's surface as soon as late 2025.

Artemis 2 was initially slotted for a December 2024 liftoff, but that schedule was delayed in January 2024. NASA said several engineering issues needed to be resolved, most especially with the ...

Topline NASA’s Artemis 2 “lunar fly-by” mission will include three U.S. astronauts and a Canadian astronaut—the first four people to circle the moon in nearly half a century—the agency ...

NASA postpones 2 Artemis missions, including one to land humans on Moon in 2026 & 2027 due to issues with Orion spacecraft. Crew will now fly in 2026.

As for Artemis 3, NASA needs a new moon lander to carry travelers from the Orion capsule down to the south polar region of the moon and back up to Orion. The mission will include the first woman ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts are set to begin their training in June, preparing them for humanity’s return to the Moon more than 50 years after the Apollo era, NASA announced this week.

NASA on Thursday postponed a mission to send four astronauts around the moon and back to Earth until April 2026. The move is the latest setback for Artemis, the government space agency’s return ...