Artemis 2 astronauts will be the subjects of nearly as many experiments as they'll be performing during their trip around the moon.

American space agency NASA detailed the changes it made to the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will power the Artemis II mission.

When the Artemis 2 astronauts launch to the moon next year, they will be accompanied by one of 25 plush toys just named a finalist in a NASA contest.

Astronaut Christina Koch, who graduated from North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham and NC State, has been selected to be the first woman to fly around the moon. Koch is already in the record books as being part of the first all-female ...

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NASA has cleared the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy launch vehicle for human-rated flight ahead of next year's Artemis II mission, which will send a human crew into lunar orbit for the first time in over 50 years.