The Artemis II mission will be the first on which this NASA rocket and capsule carry people. The crew will be the first to travel to the moon in more than 50 years.

NASA has set April 1 as the target launch date for the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a 10-day test flight around the moon. The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA is planning for an April launch of its Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon. Here's a look at potential dates and times.

After swooping around the moon, viewing an eclipse, breaking an Apollo distance record and testing out a space toilet, NASA's Artemis II mission is about to return to Earth. Here's what the astronauts must face to make it safely home.

Some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. The Artemis II mission will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere with caution, after Artemis I’s capsule showed cracking and divots in the heat shield.