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It started with an Instagram message, and ended on the silver screen.

NASA launched its Artemis 2 mission today (April 1), sending astronauts toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

That's one small sip of Manischewitz…

It wasn't their No. 1 problem, but it was a problem for going number one.

Artemis 2 is gearing up for a critical engine burn this evening (April 2), which will send the mission's four astronauts on a looping journey around the moon.

"we have a beautiful moon rise, we're headed right at it."

The first full moon of spring, known as the Paschal Moon, sets the date for Easter each year.

The four astronaut's of NASA's Artemis 2 mission arrived in style at Kennedy Space Center ahead of their historic moon mission.

"Playing military characters is always interesting for me. They're all homages to a family member."

The crew's 10-day mission will be filled with science, spacecraft tests, medical checks, survival training and more.

The movie that took Shakespeare to the stars, and wrote the blueprint for movie space opera.

"If an event is particularly bad, there are some places in the capsule, such as storage bays and down by the toilet, that the crew can go to."

Unistellar co-founder tells Space.com about how citizen scientists are using smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense.

Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles above the sun's surface.

NASA is hoping for a historic moon launch, not a punchline on April 1.

NASA's XRISM X-ray spacecraft has clocked 2 million mph winds ripping out of a distant galaxy bursting with star formation.

NASA plans to make history today (April 1) with the launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

"A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to Saturn and its moon Enceladus start to be developed."

SpaceX Starlink spacecraft was seen prior to breaking up in orbit by a satellite.

The "Pink Moon" will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.

Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian flying to the moon on board NASA's Artemis 2 mission, included Indigenous perspectives on his personal mission patch.