For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts are again training to fly around the moon, not as a distant dream but as a concrete mission with hardware on the pad and dates on the calendar.

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.

Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA's Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the lunar surface

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and competition with China, the program's first crewed flight around the moon will mark a definitive turning point. In 2026, humanity isn't just planning to return to lunar space — it's actually going.

NASA plans to send four astronauts on a mission to circumnavigate the moon, the first human lunar mission in over 50 years. SpaceX is expected to debut a new version of its Starship megarocket and continue developing it for future moon and Mars missions.

(TNS) — Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA did manage to complete a major milestone in its effort to send astronauts back to moon. Teams completed the stacking of the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at Kennedy Space ...

After a fairly eventful mission to the Moon's surface, Charles Duke left several items on the Moon, and a message to whoever might find them in the future.

Chinese astronauts, known as taikonauts, were sent into a large limestone cave system in a remote area of China.