NASA's Artemis II mission completes a critical engine burn, propelling the Orion spacecraft and its four-person crew out of Earth orbit toward the moon.

There are several more steps NASA must take between Artemis II and a planned moon landing in 2028. Here's what the space agency expects to do before embarking on an ambitious lunar pit stop to Mars.

Just before Artemis II began its historic slingshot around the moon, Jared Isaacman, the recently confirmed NASA administrator, made a flurry of announcements from the agency’s headquarters in Washington,

NASA races to build a $20 billion lunar base as China and Russia advance moon ambitions, with experts warning China holds the advantage in space.

In 2008, NASA marked the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' Across the Universe by transmitting the iconic song directly into deep space, making it the first song deliberately beamed beyond Earth's atmosphere.

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield