This week, Artemis II took off from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, making its four astronauts the first people to have gone beyond low-Earth orbit in more than half a century.
NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft set for the Artemis 2 mission is seen on Launch Complex 39B at sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Cape ...
NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons ...