In their own words: The Artemis II crew on the frenetic first hours of their flight
Artemis II's four-person crew will calmly perform high-stress first-day Orion spacecraft tests, including seizing brief rest opportunities like a launch-pad nap, before lunar transit.
Blue Origin launches a NASA spacecraft to Mars as space race heats up
NASA's Artemis program will return astronauts to the Moon, including the first woman and Victor Glover as the first Black deep-space astronaut, by 2026–2028.
Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets
Lockheed Martin is shifting Orion toward reusability and commercial service-model missions, offering to sell flights as a service and fly Orion on different rockets.