The United States has sent its first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years, and Trump’s birthright citizenship order gets heard by the Supreme Court.
NASA's Artemis II rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 1, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
NASA Sends First Crewed Mission to the Moon in Over 50 Years
NASA launched on April 1 the first U.S. crewed mission to the moon since 1972.
The Artemis II plan is to orbit the moon after a four-day journey, and return, having traveled the farthest from Earth in human history on the 10-day mission.
