It's an adventure that launched humans farther from Earth than ever before. Space enthusiasts in the Mid-State explain how this successful NASA mission ushers in a new era for space exploration.

The National Air and Space Museum’s Virginia location now displays the objects which represent critical leaps forward in technology and exploration by NASA

NASA's Artemis II mission's historic moon journey has reignited local excitement at Triad Star Fest. GREENSBORO, N.C. — A day after NASA’s Artemis II crew returned safely from a trip around the moon, that excitement was already reaching the Triad.

The university’s researchers work on topics ranging from the impacts of space exploration on the human body to developing food for astronauts.

To break the distance record that the Artemis II crew set, it will be necessary for young Americans to develop a passion for space exploration

The astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission flew farther from Earth than anyone in history and laid the first human eyes on much of the moon’s far side. Their Orion spacecraft made its flyby this past week with the most diverse crew to get an unprecedented look at the lunar side that always faces away from Earth.

The success of NASA's Artemis II mission, which splashed down off the southern California coast on Friday, launches a new era of space research, German astronaut Alexander Gerst told Deutschlandfunk