NASA's Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey that could help pave the way toward a future lunar landing.

Under a mission scheduled to launch Wednesday evening, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are set to trace a figure-eight around the moon aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft — an endeavor known as Artemis II — making them the first people to travel this far since the Apollo missions of the 1970s.

Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century

NASA's Artemis II mission is set to take four astronauts on a record-breaking spaceflight around the moon, bringing humans farther into space than ever before. Here's how to watch it.

It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon,

As launch time approaches for NASA's first moonshot in more than half a century, anticipation is building for the Artemis II mission. Here's how to watch today's liftoff.

NASA test director Jeff Spaulding does not want to hear jokes on April Fools' Day. He doesn't want pranks. He just wants to send people to the moon. This is not a punchline. NASA is counting down to launch four astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2,

As NASA prepares to launch Artemis II - a 10-day mission sending astronauts around the moon - the agency is engaging space fans with a playful new quiz asking: "Which astronaut are you?" Four astronauts are set to make history April 1 as Artemis II launches them beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time in more than 50 years.