NASA is set to send four astronauts to the moon and back as the launch window for the upcoming Artemis II mission opens next Friday (6 February).

By Steve Gorman Jan 14 (Reuters) - A SpaceX capsule departed the International Space Station on Wednesday carrying a four-member crew on an emergency return flight to Earth necessitated by an undisclosed serious medical condition afflicting one of the astronauts aboard.

The excitement is building as NASA works toward launching its first crewed lunar flight in more than five decades. The Artemis II mission, which will take four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon,

NASA has now locked in the precise homecoming for SpaceX’s Crew-11 astronauts, ending days of uncertainty after a mid-mission medical scare on the International Space Station. The agency has confirmed that the four-person crew will undock on Wednesday,

NASA's Artemis 2, the 1st crewed flight to the moon in 5 decades, could launch as early as Feb. 6. First, the rocket will need to ace a fueling test.

NASA is all set to send humans back to the Moon’s Vicinity with the Artemis II mission. The mission is mainly a crucial flight test that will prove the Space Launch System rocket and

Forty years ago today, disaster struck NASA’s human spaceflight program when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after blastoff, killing all seven people onboard. The tragedy nearly brought the shuttle program to an early end.

NASA reports that its moon mission is accelerating, with plans to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2028.

A day-by-day look at the upcoming lunar journey.

Veteran NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday. Her extended mission to orbit due to the troubled Boeing Starliner test flight was her final foray.