NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon.

With the charge of “for all of humanity,” the four astronauts launched toward the moon Wednesday in a historic launch for the 32-story Space Launch System rocket and the Artemis II mission.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century.

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site.

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site.

NASA's giant new moon rocket is finally at the launch pad.

NASA announced it is preparing to roll out the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center no earlier than Jan. 17, marking a major milestone toward the first crewed mission of the Artemis program.

The launch may have been delayed again, but workers at Kennedy Space Center are still pressing ahead on getting the second Space Launch System rocket ready for its first crew.

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.

NASA and the White House say an international astronaut will be invited on a future moon landing.

The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years have met with President Joe Biden at the White House.

The mission is a year away, but preparations continue toward launching astronauts deeper into space than any crew in more than 50 years.

The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon next year have gotten their first look at their spacecraft.

NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year.

NASA officials announced the astronauts who will crew the Artemis II mission as early as 2024.