With Artemis, NASA is nodding back to the Apollo program, which lasted from 1963 to 1972 and put the first men on the Moon in 1969. Over 50 years later, Artemis will pick up where her twin brother ...

If all goes well with Artemis 1 and 2, the Artemis 3 mission could launch as early as 2025. It is intended to put people on the moon for the first time since 1972, the Apollo 17 mission.

THE PROGRAM. NASA chose the name Artemis for the agency’s return to the moon due to the fact that in Greek mythology Artemis is the goddess of the moon and Apollo’s sister.

NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center before its launch on June 15, 2022. AFP via Getty Images.

Artemis is the Greek goddess of the moon, and the twin sister of Apollo (the namesake of NASA's 1960s moon spaceflight program). Artemis declared she never wanted to be married because she didn't ...

NASA is set to launch the first moon rocket in its Artemis program Monday morning, the primary step in a complex series of missions aimed at enabling further human exploration of the moon and ...

Artemis: America's New Moonshot | CBS Reports 22:12. NASA's return to the moon, the Artemis Program, is targeting future astronaut landings near the lunar south pole where ice may be present in ...

With Artemis, NASA is nodding back to the Apollo program, which lasted from 1963 to 1972 and put the first men on the Moon in 1969. Over 50 years later, Artemis will pick up where her twin brother ...