SpaceX launch date of Crew-12 astronauts to the International Space Station will depend on the outcome of the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal and launch attempts.

The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.

NASA's Artemis II mission looks to be as little as a couple of weeks away. The middle child of the three-part Artemis project, this mission will allow humans to swing by the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. It also hopes to pave the way for even more ambitious missions in the future.

NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and advanced technology. In just one year, the agency has launched multiple crewed and science missions,

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen could launch on a trip around the moon as early as Feb. 8, traveling farther from Earth than humanity has ever gone before.

NASA is set to send four astronauts to the moon and back as the launch window for the upcoming Artemis II mission opens next Friday (6 February).

Almost 60 years after America won the first space race, the moon is once again the focus of a competition… Read More