The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft are heading to the Moon after completing the critical engine burn that ...

Four astronauts are set to travel further from Earth than anyone before when they blast off from Florida on an historic ...

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It says a problem with the Launch Abort System battery "will not affect launch", after an earlier communications issue with ...

A competitive edge with China and a possible lunar gold rush are twin goals behind Artemis II, experts tell the BBC.

A giant rocket’s tower of flame lifted three Americans and one Canadian at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the first crewed journey that ...

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"We go for all humanity," Commander Reid Wiseman says at the start of a 10-day mission to circle the Moon - and travel ...