Artemis 2 is the first mission to send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) since Apollo 17 did so way back in 1972. The current flight launched on April 1, sending NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and the Canadian Space Agency 's Jeremy Hansen aloft on board an Orion capsule that the astronauts named "Integrity."

Who are the astronauts on Artemis II? NASA is sending four people on a mission to fly by the moon as they test out equipment for a bigger launch.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon. The so-called translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and one Canadian on course for a lunar fly-around early next week.

The four astronauts selected for the Artemis 2 Moon mission will be the first to travel there in more than five decades.

'We all thought that movie was really uplifting and inspiring.'

NASA's Artemis II astronauts — three space station veterans and a Canadian rookie — stand out even in an astronaut corps full of super achievers.

The Artemis astronauts entered the final phase of their run-up to a lunar loop on Monday, a tipping point of sorts that means the Moon's gravity is now having a

The Artemis 2 astronauts are due to loop around the Moon early next week, a feat not accomplished in more than 50 years.

During the mission's loop around the moon, the crew took geological observations of places of interest on the lunar surface using their own eyes and snapping thousands of photos of the surface.

With the countdown clock ticking, NASA is getting ready to send astronauts back around the moon for the first time in generations — and this time, the ride is c