Artemis II builds on prior missions including Artemis II and early Apollo missions, including Apollo 8, which set out for a lunar flyby.

In Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. In NASA history, the Apollo 8 mission laid much of the groundwork ...

The world's first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8. The Artemis II crew will instead go around the moon in an ...

Like Apollo 8 in 1968, NASA's Artemis 2 mission from Florida will send a crew of astronauts around the moon and back without ...

NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on ...

Some 57 years after Americans were united around TVs and radios as the first man took steps on the moon, America is heading ...

Fifty-seven years ago, three American astronauts set forth on one of the most audacious and inspiring journeys in human history. In late December 1968, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 27, 1968, the Apollo 8 mission returned safely to Earth after a record six days in space. Apollo 8 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Dec. 21, 1968. It had ...

Going to the moon? Been there, done that — right? Some people might say that NASA's Artemis 2 mission is a repeat of the past ...

In the same way that Artemis II serves as the first crewed flight to test technology for future missions to the moon and Mars ...