As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts, currently on their historic mission to the Moon, are capturing breathtaking visuals using a mix of specialised professional gear and, for the first time, high-end consume...

At 1:56 p.m., the four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch of NASA along with Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency — will have traveled farther than any other human being...

The Artemis II cannot land on the moon due to the spacecraft having no landing capabilities, according to Space.com. That goal is being saved for the eventual Artemis 4 mission. The specific objective of the Artemis II mission is to check out Orion’s systems and learn how to live and work on another world in preparation for human missions to Mars.

As the Artemis II astronauts set a new record as the farthest humans from Earth during a lunar flyby, Canadian Jeremy Hansen said there was room to go even further.

The four-member crew successfully completed a "translunar injection burn" on Thursday, sending them out of Earth's orbit and toward the moon.