President Donald Trump praised NASA's Artemis II mission as a symbol of American strength, linking the planned return of astronauts to deep space with broader claims of U.S. global leadership. Trump

Amid ongoing toilet trouble, the Artemis II astronauts reflected on the wonder of sailing through deep space to the moon.

In the big picture, the Artemis II mission continues to go splendidly. The deputy manager of the Orion program for NASA, Debbie Korth, said Saturday that the spacecraft is performing “remarkably well,” and that the vehicle’s overall performance has “pleasantly surprised” the engineers working on the program.

NASA shared a series of pictures taken by the Artemis II crew members as they reached the halfway point to their destination.

The Artemis II crew has crossed the halfway mark on its journey to the moon, with NASA releasing new imagery Saturday morning on X as the four astronauts prepare for a historic flyaround that will take them farther from Earth than any human has traveled in more than half a century.

The astronauts and cameras on NASA's Artemis II mission are capturing stunning photos of the Earth, moon and Orion spacecraft.

The four Artemis II astronauts go into space are facing a higher exposure to radiation from the cosmos and sun. FOX's Jonathan Serrie learns how the mission is also serving as a big step in studying

Track the progress of the Artemis II mission with the latest updates and news from the historic mission to the moon's orbit.