Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA on Monday officially started the countdown to Wednesday's expected 6:24 p.m. EDT launch of the Artemis II mission to circle ...

For the first time in half a century, countdown clocks began ticking Monday toward launch of a three-man one-woman crew on a trip to the moon and back, a major step in NASA's accelerated drive to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The NASA Artemis II mission has a countdown timeline. A launch countdown includes “L Minus” to indicate how far away liftoff is in hours and minutes, and “T Minus” to show a ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. After clearing ...

NASA's Artemis II Launch Mission Countdown Begins NASA began the countdown Monday for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years.

Live coverage of the Artemis II launch is being carried in the video player above. (NEXSTAR) – NASA is set to make history Wednesday now that the launch window has opened, clearing the way for the ...

The first mission to launch astronauts toward the moon in 54 years is almost a go. A crew of four astronauts is scheduled to lift off at 6:24 p.m. on April 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...