The mission is expected to last about 10 days, with the crew reaching the moon's vicinity on around day five or six before returning to Earth.

NASA plans to launch more lunar missions after the success of Artemis II, signaling a renewed era for lunar exploration and science — and raising questions about what comes next. A National Academies study currently underway will identify key non-polar landing sites for future crewed lunar missions and what science goals could be achieved.

The mission showed that astronauts can once again travel beyond low Earth orbit.

Track the progress of the Artemis II mission with the latest updates and news from the historic mission to the moon's orbit.

NASA unveils a bold $20 billion plan to return to the moon, build a lunar base, expand commercial space activity and launch nuclear-powered missions to Mars by 2028.

Four astronauts on the Artemis II mission are on their way to journey around the moon after successfully conducting the translunar injection burn