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Artemis II

August 2026

  • Four astronauts and the US president stand on stage under a giant US flag.

    Artemis II astronauts receive nation's highest space honor for their successful moonshot

  • Four astronauts arm in arm.

    Artemis II crew to receive top US space medal for historic lunar journey

May 2026

  • A man at a Nasa podium presents in front of a large screen showing a lunar lander, with two people seated at a table

    Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions

  • earth viewed from behind the moon

    double quotation markWe are preparing to transform the moon and Mars. The public must have a say in this future

    Ben Bramble
  • NASA astronauts meet with President Trump at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office

    Trump hosts crew of historic Artemis mission: ‘I would have had no trouble making it’

    The astronauts joined president in Oval Office for a press conference, and it wasn’t long before he praised himself
  • Jeremy Hansen sitting in a US Navy helicopter on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after he and three fellow crewmates were extracted from their Artemis II mission's Orion spacecraft on 10 April.

    Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row

    Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM
  • JD Vance (right) and Viktor Orbán in Budapest on 7 April 2026, before the prime minister’s historic election defeat.

    Brief letters
    The JD Vance effect on Hungarian voters

  • the earth, as photographed by the artemis ii crew, with the moon in front

    double quotation markThis week saw humanity at its worst. Artemis II told the opposite story

    Flynn Coleman
  • Jeremy Hansen,Christina Koch,Victor Glover,Reid WisemanThe Artemis II crew, from left, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman acknowledge the crowd as they take the stage during a crew return event Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Ellington Airforce Base in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

    Artemis II crew on their moon flyby: ‘Earth was this lifeboat hanging in the universe’

  • Polly Hudson

    double quotation markThe Artemis II crew made it through 10 days in space together – but could they have survived my first office job?

    Polly Hudson
  • Nasa’s Orion capsule carrying the Artemis II crew as it is about to splash down on 10 April 2026.

    Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’

    Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program
  • The Artemis II crew – from left, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman – inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home, 8 April 2026.

    double quotation markCongratulations to the Artemis II crew – but the case for sending astronauts into space is rapidly shrinking

    Martin Rees and Donald Goldsmith
    Soon, thanks to the advance of robots, the only reason left to send humans to the moon will be as an ultra-expensive sport, say astronomer royal Martin Rees and astrophysicist Donald Goldsmith
  • The Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego with all four astronauts in good health

    'Astronauts back on Earth': Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby – video

    The Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego with all four astronauts in good health
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  • The Artemis II Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, on Friday, 10 April 2026.

    ‘Just the beginning’: Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby

    The four astronauts touched down on Earth off the coast of California, concluding historic 10-day mission
  • Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean

    Artemis II crew recovered after ‘textbook splashdown’ – as it happened

    Nasa confirms ‘textbook splashdown’ at 5.07pm PT; Reid Wiseman, the Artemis II commander, reports ‘four green crew members’

    • Artemis II splashdown – in pictures

      Gallery24

    • Artemis II images reignite moon mission memories

    • Digested week
      double quotation markDigested week: NeeDohs, Knox and news from the far side of the moon

      Emma Brockes
  • Astronauts speak about 'working on something big for the good of everyone' as they prepare to return to earth

    Artemis II crew on inspiring the next generation and unifying humanity – video

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  • Three people side by side at a table.

    Artemis II crew hails ‘golden age of space travel’ as they prepare for return

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