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Reference Artemis 2 was the second scheduled flight of the Artemis program and the first crewed Artemis mission. It sent four astronauts around the moon.

By Mike Wall Published
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pledged today (Dec. 20) that NASA's Artemis program will send a non-American to the lunar surface before this decade is done.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission remains on track for its 2024 launch, and the hardware is coming together. New updates show rocket pieces being readied.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Just one year before flying around the moon, the Artemis 2 astronauts autographed a part of the massive lunar rocket that will send them aloft in late 2024.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Sections of the Orion spacecraft tasked with flying four astronauts around the moon during the Artemis 2 mission have been joined together. The mission is set for no earlier than late 2024.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
NASA is getting the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft built while testing key activities that astronauts will perform on their way to the moon and back.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Three NASA Orion spacecraft for the agency's Artemis moon program are coming together at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
The head of the European Space Agency says its astronauts will fly on Artemis 4 and 5, two moon-landing missions slated to launch in the late 2020s.

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
Jean Schulz, the widow of Peanuts' creator Charles M. Schulz, has been recognized for being a "huge champion" of NASA and inspiring millions of people around the world by sending Snoopy to the moon.
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