Over 10 days, Artemis II will orbit Earth, fly around the Moon, and test Orion systems, including drills, trajectory corrections, and lunar photography. The mission ends with a record-close lunar flyby,

NASA is preparing to brief the public on the results of the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review at 3 p.m. EDT on March 12, 2026, but the agency has not committed to releasing a numerical probability-of-loss figure for the mission.

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Artemis 2 rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building Feb. 25 for repairs. Credit: NASA/Cory S Huston WASHINGTON — NASA has about three weeks to complete repairs to the Space Launch System’s upper stage to make the next launch window for the Artemis 2 ...

The U.S. government's own space watchdog is raising serious doubts about whether SpaceX can pull off a moon landing on schedule. And the concerns go deeper than just another missed deadline. A new audit from NASA's Office of Inspector General released Tuesday,

Following a major agency-wide overhaul recently announced at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA plans to launch four Artemis missions before the end of President Donald Trump’s current term. If the