While Apollo was a ‘Lewis and Clark-like’ scientific expedition, planetary research professor James Head III said, Artemis has bigger ambitions: establishing a permanent base on the moon.

From 250 miles above Earth, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station watched the Artemis II crew come home — and captured it on camera.

NASA says America is "absolutely back" in the space race, rushing to beat China to the moon and build a lunar base under Trump-era Artemis program.

Live coverage of Artemis 2's splashdown begins this evening as four astronauts return from their historic 10-day mission around the moon.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman confirmed Saturday that the announcement of the Artemis III mission crew is on the horizon, delivering the news at Ellington Field at Johnson Space Center in Houston