More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for the 10-day Artemis II mission to the far side of the moon.

China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and pulling off a soft splashdown with the returning rocket.

These advancements in China’s reusable rocket and lunar exploration programs come as NASA prepares to launch a crew of four astronauts on a loop around the far side of the Moon as soon as next month. A US-made lunar lander is likely still a few years away from being ready to transport crews to and from the lunar surface.

NASA's SLS rocket for the Artemis II mission rolled out to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. The crewed Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a test flight around the moon. This mission is the first step toward a sustained human presence on ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February. The 322-foot rocket began ...

Test features first flight and controlled vertical splashdown of a Long March-10 carrier rocket China has successfully completed a crucial safety test and fired off a new-generation rocket as part of the country's preparations for a crewed mission to the moon.