The engine firing provided a slingshot-like boost to the Orion capsule, speeding it to 24,500 mph, the velocity needed to break free of Earth's gravitational clasp for a trek to the moon.

And now for the dangerous part. Artemis II is officially flying to the moon after firing its thrusters and leaving Earth’s orbit at 7:49 p.m. — beginning an epic four-day journey that will take the ...

With the last major firing of its engine, the Artemis II spacecraft is now on a path that will take it around the moon and back.

After a successful launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening, the Artemis II crew of four is headed to the moon on their 10-day journey. How does a nearly six-million-pound ...

The mission's last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of Earth orbit for the first time since 1972.

NASA’s Artemis II program is part of a new global space race. This time, world powers have much bigger ambitions.