A second-grader's plush toy design has rocketed to space alongside astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen on board the Artemis II moon mission launch. Lucas Ye, 8, ...

NASA is finally sending astronauts back into the lunar space. Artemis II is set to become humanity’s first crewed mission to the Moon’s neighbourhood since Apollo 17 in 1972. The four astronauts on ...

NASA's Artemis II mission has an official moon mascot named RISE, a plushie designed by an 8-year-old. The RISE design was inspired by the "Earthrise" photo from the Apollo 8 mission. The Artemis II ...

A California native is going to space on Artemis II — and it’s not a human. RISE, a plushie designed by 8-year-old Lucas Ye, is joining four astronauts in space aboard Artemis II, which is set to ...

In the minutes following launch, there’s a fun and surprisingly useful way to tell when a spacecraft reaches weightlessness: a small stuffed animal starts to float. This “zero-g indicator” is an easy ...