NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.

NASA’s Artemis II crew boarded the Orion spacecraft on December 20, 2025, for a countdown demonstration test, rehearsing launch-day procedures at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

NASA and the Artemis II crew complete a full countdown test as teams prepare for the first crewed mission around the Moon under the Artemis program ...

The four astronauts preparing to fly around the Moon on Artemis II have now practiced their biggest moment short of launch ...

Live updates from the Starlink 6-99 mission, which launched 8:42 a.m. Dec. 17 from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

Live updates from Monday morning's SpaceX Starlink 6-82 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Monday, Dec. 1, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 6-86 mission. Original story: SpaceX is now targeting ...