As NASA’s Artemis program advances following its first crewed mission to the moon April 10, former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar sees it as the latest step in a long legacy of human spaceflight that includes Apollo,

The Artemis II mission fulfilled the original objective planned during Trump's first term and has origins in prior administrations.

The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon. Humanity’s next great voyage begins.” NASA’s Mission Control echoed with words April 1 that not been heard in a long time. Those and related words were iconic the last time an American manned space program existed,

It’ll be one quick step for man. NASA plans to land astronauts on the moon within two years after Artemis II’s successful return to Earth on Friday — with the program’s final test flight, Artemis III,

Little Village native Joseph Gonzalez played an integral role in Artemis II, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century that dawned a new age of space exploration earlier this month.

During its third launch, the company’s New Glenn rocket failed to deliver its payload, a communication satellite by customer AST SpaceMobile, into a high-enough orbit, turning it into nothing more than a piece of space junk — and an expensive insurance claim.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket failed to place a commercial satellite into its intended orbit, triggering a Federal Aviation Administration investigation and raising concerns about delays to NASA’s Artemis moon missions. The rocket is slated to launch ...

Excitement over the Artemis II launch to the moon has raised some questions about the cost. The U.S. government has spent at least $93 billion and counting on the Artemis program, which seeks to eventually establish a long-term human presence on the moon.