Artemis

NASA will host a teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST today (Jan. 9) to give an update on its moon exploration plans under the agency's Artemis program.

Canadian Space Agency Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen has never been in space before. But he is getting ready for his 1st launch on NASA's Space Launch System in 2024.

NASA astronauts practiced using a SpaceX Starship elevator to send cargo and other items into the spacecraft. Starship is targeted to land humans on the moon in the 2020s.

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission took some important strides toward launch this year, but it's unclear if the ambitious effort will get off the ground as planned in late 2024.

"This is an amazing time to be a part of this program."

Apollo 8 flew three astronauts around the moon in 1968. Artemis 2 plans to run a similar mission in 2024 or so, and the mission commander said the astronauts do see parallels in the two missions.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pledged today (Dec. 20) that NASA's Artemis program will send a non-American to the lunar surface before this decade is done.

New details about the Artemis 2 astronauts' White House meetings last week were released Dec. 19, on the eve of the new National Space Council meeting chaired by Vice-President Kamala Harris.

When Artemis 1's moon rocket arrived on the launch pad in 2022, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman spent months gathering a group to fly over it.

The next moon astronauts practiced sliding out of their Orion spacecraft during a simulated emergency splashdown. Artemis 2 aims to fly the four astronauts in 2024.