Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to fly past or circle the moon or to land crewed or uncrewed spacecraft there, according to a count by the European Space Agency.

As NASA prepares for its next mission to the moon, one Atlanta university is drawing attention for its growing role in space exploration.

In today’s newsletter: The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the birthright citizenship fight. NASA will launch four astronauts into space for a 10-day moon mission. And no punishment for the Army helicopter crew who flew by Kid Rock’s house. Here’s what to know today.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida — The US military has always been part of NASA’s human spaceflight program. The first astronauts were nearly all military pilots, and two of the four crew members set to fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission were Navy test pilots before joining the astronaut corps.

Nearly all of Florida, including some of those who live in the Panhandle, and those in southern Georgia, may be able to see Artemis II lift off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on its way towards the moon – the first moon mission in some 50 years.

NASA wants to build a base on the moon by the 2030s, a University of Mississippi professor explains how and why it wants a long‑term lunar presence.