Live coverage of the Artemis II launch is being carried in the video player above. (NEXSTAR) – Cheers erupted Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after NASA’s long-awaited Artemis II launched into the sky, bound for its historic mission to the ...

NASA is set to provide an update on its ambitious $20 billion moon base plans, a key part of the Artemis missions.

"This is when living and working on the Moon becomes a reality," NASA said about "humanity’s first lunar outpost."

Live updates from NASA and SpaceX’s Friday evening CRS-34 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting a May 12 launch to deliver science, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were earlier ordered by NASA to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation as a Russian crew attempted to fix a worsening air leak.

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