Photos show the rocket and spacecraft that NASA will use to launch astronauts toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

NASA's second multi-day test to simulate a launch day is underway in Florida in a critical demonstration of whether the agency's massive moon rocket is prepared to send astronauts on a lunar mission. While Artemis 2 could still get off the ground as early ...

A side view shows one of the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters, core stage, Orion spacecraft, and launch abort system of NASA's Artemis II rocket at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.

NASA fueled up its giant lunar rocket and completed a launch-day walkthrough on Thursday ahead of its highly anticipated mission to send four astronauts around the moon. The hourslong test, known as a “wet dress rehearsal,” was an essential step before ...

As NASA tries to get the Artemis II mission off the ground, with its crew of four astronauts, for a flight around the moon, it is struggling with the albatross of the Space Launch System. The first wet dress rehearsal revealed multiple hydrogen leaks that ...

A side view shows NASA's Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on mobile launcher 1 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. Just a day after its successful dress rehearsal, NASA ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — During a press conference on Thursday afternoon, NASA officials said they are adding another launch date to the Artemis II mission. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission ...