The agency unveiled details of the new Artemis III mission and the astronauts set to go on board.
When the astronauts of the Artemis II splashed down off the coast of San Diego on Friday, cheers were heard around the country -- even in Oakland. Hundreds came out to the Chabot Space and Science Center in the Oakland Hills to celebrate the historical event.
The Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home from hundreds who took part in NASA's lunar comeback that set a record for deep space travel.
The Artemis II crew has successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after an historic moon mission.
A historic Bay Area aircraft carrier that once helped bring astronauts home from the moon is now serving as a real-life reminder of how far space travel has come. Now docked in Alameda as a sea, air and space museum, the USS Hornet played a critical role in NASA's earliest human spaceflight missions.
The most dangerous part of the Artemis II astronauts' mission was when the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth and splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on Friday.