SpaceFlight Now

• Artemis astronauts send down Easter message, prep for lunar fly around Monday

  Taking time out to send Easter greetings down to Earth, the four Artemis II astronauts closed in on the moon Sunday, already seeing unexpected detail on the surface and giving scientists a taste of things to come during a pass over the lunar far side Monday evening.

• ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket launches its heaviest payload ever with fifth Amazon Leo mission

  Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened Saturday at 1:46 a.m. EDT (0546 UTC).

• Artemis 2 crew blasts off on historic moon mission

  A three-man one-woman crew blasted off on a voyage to the moon Wednesday, riding atop the world's most powerful operational rocket as it roared away on a trail-blazing flight to help pave the way for upcoming lunar landings and an American moon base.

• Live coverage: NASA to launch Artemis 2, its first Moon-bound mission with astronauts since 1972

  The four astronauts will spend more than nine days onboard their Orion spacecraft and is poised to pass the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39B is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC).

• Falcon 9 booster launches for record 34th time on Starlink delivery mission

  Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida happened at 5:15 p.m. EDT (2115 UTC).