The mission is expected to last about 10 days, with the crew reaching the moon's vicinity on around day five or six before returning to Earth.

The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.

We’re going back to the moon?” they would ask, with the sort of mild surprise that one might experience upon being told that the Super Bowl is only a week away. They didn’t linger on the subject. Anyway,

As of Thursday, April 2, the Moon phase is North America is Waning Gibbous, according to NASA's Daily Moon Guide.

SpaceX is preparing what is expected to be the largest IPO in history as NASA sends up the first Americans to the moon since the last Apollo flight in 1972.

April's full moon is called the "Pink Moon" not because of its color, which will in reality have more of a golden hue, but because of the pink flower, known as creeping phlox or moss phlox, that was in full bloom during the month's full moon, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.

As humanity blasts off into a new space race, we need a model of exploration that emphasizes stewardship of other worlds, not exploitation.