The four astronauts — NASA commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — spent Monday’s seven-hour lunar flyby taking photos and making observations from the Orion spacecraft, which they named Integrity.

Over seven hours, the astronauts took thousands of photos that will help inform scientists’ understanding of the moon. The first ones have now been released.

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NASA's Artemis II mission has sent four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon. The mission is the first in over 50 years to send humans to the vicinity of the moon. The crew includes the first woman, first Black man, and first Canadian to travel ...

NASA races to build a $20 billion lunar base as China and Russia advance moon ambitions, with experts warning China holds the advantage in space.

NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched the NASA Force website on Friday, opening applications for roles aimed at recruiting the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s air and space program.

After traveling to the moon and back in the first such mission in decades, the crew of Artemis II attended a news conference on April 16 to talk about their experience. Reporter Kevin Uretsky has more.