NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft rolled into position at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on January 17, 2026, marking a pivotal moment in humanity’s return to the Moon’s vicinity for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.

For the first time in more than half a century, NASA is preparing to send astronauts back into deep space, not just to low Earth orbit but around the Moon itself. Artemis II, the second flight in the Artemis program, will carry four people on a roughly 10 ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Here's where to watch liftoff.