Passengers watch Artemis II blast off from commercial plane

People on a commercial flight were treated to a rare view of the launch of Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon in half a century.

China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder

The U.S. space agency launched a lunar flyby Wednesday, but Beijing is pursuing its own space program with formidable focus. Here’s what we know about it, in photos and videos.

By Selam Gebrekidan and Joy Dong

Humans are en route to the moon for the first time in 54 years – and Australia’s Dish is tracking them

The Murriyang radio telescope in Parkes, NSW broadcast the moon landing in 1969 and is now tracking the Artemis II crewed lunar mission Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast On the day of the Apollo moon landing, 21 July 1969, wind gusts of up to 110km/h buffeted the Parkes radio telescope as it sat in a sheep paddock in regional New South Wales. It is meant to shut down when the winds hit 35km/h, but the operators risked it all to help broadcast Neil Armstrong walking...

By Tory Shepherd

Artemis II astronauts manually pilot Orion: Nasa video shows spacecraft heading towards Moon

Nasa's Orion spacecraft has successfully separated from its rocket during the Artemis II mission. Astronauts are now conducting proximity operations tests. This historic journey marks humanity's return to lunar space after over 50 years. The mission, lasting about 10 days, will see the crew fly around the Moon and capture images of its surface.

By TOI SCIENCE DESK

NASA launches four astronauts on world’s first crewed lunar mission in half a century

Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA’s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States’ boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped with its Orion crew capsule, roared […]

Nasa launches 4 astronauts on world’s first crewed lunar mission in half a century

Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on Nasa’s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States’ boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China. Nasa’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped with its Orion crew capsule, roared to life just before sunset at the agency’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying its debut crew — three US astronauts and a Canadian astrona...

By none@none.com (Reuters)

NASA’s crewed rocket lifts off to begin 10-day lunar journey – and here are the four astronauts on board

Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China.

Historic Artemis lunar mission lifts off successfully

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida - Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the Moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.