As astronauts from Artemis II head back to Earth after circling the moon, it’s a moment to look back at when the U.S. was still trying to catch up in space. On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn became the ...

As NASA's Artemis II crew begins the final phase of their historic journey around the moon, astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft Integrity say the mission has created a lifelong bond between the ...

Moments like the Artemis II mission echo the earliest days of American spaceflight in 1962, when astronaut John Glenn orbited the planet three... Before Artemis II, the Friendship 7 helped push the ...