Another preeminent scholar of early American history will be leaving the nonprofit organization that owns and operates Founding Father Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate due to friction with its ...

Crews are working to bring the Monticello Nuclear Plant back to full operations after a reactor shut down Wednesday morning. Xcel Energy officials say the reactor went offline after the system ...

Launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a full moon on April Fool's Day, the Artemis II mission is scheduled to be humanity's first voyage toward the moon in over 50 years. The ...

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NASA's long-awaited Artemis II mission has launched four astronauts on a planned 10-day journey around the moon. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen blasted off at ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is set to make history Wednesday evening as it launches Artemis II, the first crewed mission to travel toward the ...

This live blog is now closed. Full report – Nasa’s Artemis II rocket lifts off for historic moon mission Nasa launched Artemis II on a historic crewed mission to the moon. The 10-day test flight, ...

The firing of the thruster kicked the crew out of Earth's orbit and on a path toward the moon, committing them to reaching the farthest distance humans have ever travelled in space. ‘Treated badly’: ...

NASA's long-awaited return trip to the moon launched on Wednesday, April 1 as crowds of people watched in awe to see the Artemis II mission take off in Florida. The Orion capsule lifted off at about 6 ...

WSJ’s Micah Maidenberg reports from Kennedy Space Center, where NASA is preparing to launch the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It’s go time for ...

A giant rocket’s tower of flame lifted three Americans and one Canadian at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the first crewed journey that will go around the moon since 1972. Kenneth Chang The Artemis II crew ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA's ...