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The Artemis II astronauts have left the moon's sphere of influence and are now speeding back under Earth's gravitational force on Flight Day 8 of 10. A Friday splash down will welcome the crew back in ...

These aren’t official photos of the moon from the Artemis II mission. A NASA spokesperson said the only official images from the mission are published on NASA.gov. PolitiFact found that some of the ...

And now for the dangerous part. Artemis II is officially flying to the moon after firing its thrusters and leaving Earth’s orbit at 7:49 p.m. — beginning an epic four-day journey that will take the ...

Artemis II is humanity’s first journey to the moon since 1972. The mission will be a non-stop, six-hour flyby following the same figure-eight path that Apollo 13 previously took. The Artemis II crew ...

Artemis II’s long journey to the moon and back is expected to end with a glorious splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening. The crew is scheduled to hit the water around 8:07 p.m. ET about 80 ...

As Earth's 8 billion inhabitants beam well wishes up to the sky, the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission is looking back at us with just as much hope. The mission's Orion spacecraft sent back its first ...

NASA's Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman rehearses the recovery procedures the crew will use when the Orion spacecraft splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, April 10, 2026. Credit: NASA After ...

The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8. A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking new photos taken by the crew. The four astronauts ...

NASA officials were all smiles in their post-splashdown news conference Friday night from Houston, with exploration ground systems program manager Shawn Quinn describing Artemis II's successful return ...