NASA's Artemis II astronauts will spend about 24 hours orbiting the Earth and running checks on their spacecraft and life support systems before heading to the moon.

Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (April 1) on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high‑stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning ...

The Artemis II crew includes NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman and ​Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who landed in Florida from Houston on Friday.