Before the Orion spacecraft even launched on Wednesday, NASA’s Artemis II moon mission — the first in 50 years — had already weathered a storm of complex challenges, like hydrogen and helium leaks, a ...

A giant rocket’s tower of flame lifted three Americans and one Canadian at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the first crewed journey that will go around the moon since 1972. Kenneth Chang The Artemis II crew ...

Watch: NASA's Artemis II rocket launches on historic Moon mission A NASA rocket carrying four astronauts blasted off from Florida, marking the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. READ ...

Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. With a thunderous roar that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts are on their way to the moon. NASA’s colossal Space Launch ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. The crew is ...

From Cape Canaveral, Florida, to West Palm Beach, it’s 150 miles. Sometimes, rockets launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida have been spotted in Palm Beach County sky. NASA’s massive SLS rocket ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission is designed to power a crew of four astronauts out to the moon, zip them around it and safely bring them back to Earth. It is a big test for the National Aeronautics and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With the charge of “for all of humanity,” the four astronauts launched toward the moon Wednesday in a historic launch for the 32-story Space Launch System rocket and the Artemis ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — Houston is flying astronauts back to the moon. NASA’s Artemis II mission launched four astronauts Wednesday at 5:35 p.m. Central time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The ...

This rocket launch near Cape Canaveral, Florida, will send four astronauts further in space than any humans before them. 3 NASA astronauts and a Canadian astronaut will venture around the moon and ...

If you're going to send a crew of astronauts about 250,000 miles away, you're gonna need a big rocket to get them off the ground and on their way. At 322 feet tall, NASA's Space Launch System rocket ...