A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft to the ISS Saturday morning, April 11.

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. space mission in decades and a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface before China's first crewed landing.

COLORADO SPRINGS—NASA has awarded its seventh private astronaut mission to Voyager, one of a handful of companies also vying to provide NASA’s microgravity research and astronaut flight services in low Earth orbit (LEO) after the International Space Station (ISS) is retired.

NASA's Artemis II rocket will launch from the Kennedy Space Center, sending four astronauts around the moon. Here's what to expect during liftoff.

Relive the Artemis 1 mission with highlights from launch on Nov. 16 to splashdown on Dec. 11. [Full Story](https://www.space.com/artemis-1-orion-splashdown-moon-mission-success) Credit: NASA Johnson S

NASA has released a 'Moon Base User's Guide' to expand on its plans for a permanent lunar base and a trip to Mars.

NASA launched the Artemis II mission, which will carry humans to the moon for the first time since 1972.

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