Even as NASA celebrated the rollout of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis II over the weekend, NASA’s new administrator Jared Isaacman made sure to put an asterisk on the program’s future.

Artemis is the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Half a century after NASA sent men to the moon under project "Apollo," the space agency is now ...

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.

Four astronauts are on the verge of becoming the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era came to an end. As early as February, the crew of a mission known as Artemis 2 will board the U.S. space ...

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 50+ years and paving the way for future crewed lunar landings. Are you ready for NASA’s most significant human spaceflight in a generation?

Artemis III is currently scheduled to launch in mid 2027. Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary and NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy suggested that SpaceX may not be the first American company to return the space agency's astronauts to the moon.

Lunar landers from Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic are gearing up for moon landing attempts in 2026 as the commercial exploration of deep space expands.