NASA’s Artemis II mission is only the tip of the space agency’s lunar-exploration spear: planning for a plethora of additional crewed and robotic follow-ups is well underway. And all of these trips could carry equipment for groundbreaking research, too.

Once again, NASA may be on the cusp of sending a crew of astronauts on a lunar mission for the first time in more than five decades. Officials with the U.S. space agency have announced that plans are on track for a mission known as Artemis 2 to get off the ...

Observers were left confused by NASA's statement that the Artemis II crew are the first humans to see the far side of the moon.

The Artemis II astronauts fielded questions during an in-space news conference Wednesday, April 8, aboard their Orion spacecraft Integrity.

The Artemis II crew made history as they ventured farther from Earth than anyone ever has. They snapped pictures of the far-side of the moon before heading back to Earth.