With the launch of Artemis II, Jim Head — who helped train astronauts, select landing sites and analyze samples during the Apollo Moon landings nearly 60 years ago — is excited about a new chapter in lunar exploration.

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the crew of Apollo 13 into a 200,000-mile race for survival.

Tonight, NASA intends to launch Artemis II from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending a team of four astronauts to slingshot around the moon on a 10-day journey that will be the farthest humans have ever traveled in space.

CINCINNATI — For members of the Cincinnati Astronomical Society, the launch of Artemis II marks not just the latest development on the front of space exploration, but history in the making.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before his death in 2025.

LIBERTY — The historic late 1972 launch of the Apollo 17 mission to the moon represented more than a space expedition to merely collect rock samples from the lunar landscape while making history: It meant something far more endearing and far-reaching, a ...

The "very eerie" parallel was drawn between the NASA missions as tensions escalate between President Donald Trump and Iran.

The milestone is a climactic point in the nearly 10-day Artemis II mission, the first crewed test flight of NASA's Artemis program.

So much for journalistic objectivity. The BBC science editor covering the launch of Artemis II couldn’t contain her enthusiasm when the first plumes of smoke spread out from the launch pad. “Oh, my goodness!