It may be April Fools’ Day, but NASA is expected to make a historic lunar journey for the first time since the Apollo mission in 1972, launching a crew of four astronauts aboard Artemis II to the moon.

NASA is all set for the highly anticipated Artemis II launch, marking its first crewed mission to the Moon in decades. Here’s everything you need to know about the launch timing and how to watch it live.

The Artemis II crew during a suit-up and walkout at the Kennedy Space Center in August 2025. (NASA/Kim Shiflett) After years of careful preparation and testing, NASA is finally about to send a crew of astronauts to circle the Moon.

NASA is livestreaming a resupply mission to the International Space Station today. Here's what to know and how to watch, stream live.

NASA's live coverage of the Artemis II launch countdown begins several hours before the launch window opens at 6:24 p.m. ET April 1, 2026. Credit: NASA / Ben Smegelsky NASA is set to send four astronauts on a mission around the moon for the first time in ...

USA Today will begin live streaming the Artemis II moon mission and launch beginning at 9 a.m. April 1. The trajectory for Artemis II will be toward the east after it launches from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral. NASA's graphic shows where where the rocket could be visible at various times after the launch.

Four astronauts are set to lift off Wednesday on a journey around the moon — the first such mission in more than 50 years on April 1 at around 6:24 p.m, according to NASA. The crew — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,

NASA's Artemis II mission will be the first human moon mission in more than 50 years. The four-person crew includes the first woman, first Black man, and first Canadian to fly toward the moon. The launch is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, from the ...