Four astronauts are preparing for NASA's Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed flight toward the moon in over 50 years. The 10-day mission will circumnavigate the moon but will not include a landing.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan ...

The mission will be the first time humans have ventured near the moon in over 50 years. Artemis 2 is a precursor to future missions that aim to land astronauts on the moon and establish a lunar ...

This full Moon is getting a "triple boost": it is full, near perigee, and occurs when Earth is close to the Sun (near perihelion), increasing the sunlight falling on the lunar surface. A bright “Wolf ...

(CNN) — The wolf moon, the first full moon of the year, will ring in 2026, gracing the sky this weekend, but the lunar event will make the Quadrantid meteor shower a bit harder to spot. The silvery ...