Louis Cariola Jr. watches NASA’s Artemis moon program progress with a connection far beyond what most can claim. He was right there with the Apollo missions, helping create the lunar landers, but flabbergasted that it has been over half a century since anyone has tried going back.

NASA’s Artemis astronauts set a new record for the farthest human distance from Earth, surpassing Apollo at 1:57 p.m., while honoring integrity and family with symbolic crater names.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before his death in 2025.

Humanity on Monday traveled the farthest ever into space, breaking the record set more than 50 years ago by Apollo 13. Artemis II’s four astronauts zoomed past Apollo 13’s 248,655-mile mark around 1:56 p.

Stephen Colbert called out Donald Trump for "moonsplaining" the Apollo program to the astronauts aboard the Artemis II.

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) moon rocket with the Orion spacecraft slowly rolls back towards the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, Feb. 25 ...

The photo was captured at 6:41 p.m. EDT (1041 GMT) on April 6, as the majority of Earth 's surface was veiled in shadow from the perspective of the Artemis 2 crew. Just a crescent of our planet could be seen illuminated by direct sunlight,