KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida — The US military has always been part of NASA’s human spaceflight program. The first astronauts were nearly all military pilots, and two of the four crew members set to fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission were Navy test pilots before joining the astronaut corps.

The next U.S. trip to the moon isn't about planting a flag. It's about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations,

It was April 17, 2023, just two weeks after NASA had named Glover to the Artemis 2 crew, a lunar flight that will make him the first person of color ever to visit the moon. Glover

The Spaniard is leading a team of 70 people dedicated to solving serious problems during the first manned trip to the satellite in more than half a century

NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is scheduled for launch on 1 April, aims to send humans back to the Moon for the first time since 1972. If all goes to plan, the ten-day mission will see a crew of four astronauts fly by the Moon as soon as 6 April,

Technicians replaced seals in the rocket’s hydrogen fueling line, and the problem did not recur during a second countdown rehearsal in February, before a separate issue forced NASA to return the rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs.