Air and Space

LiveNOW’s Andy Mac is speaking with Joshua Benjamins, a former US Navy diver, as NASA's Artemis II crew prepare to return home on Friday as they conclude a historic 10-day journey around the moon. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen are working to prepare themselves and the Orion spacecraft for splashdown off the coast of San Diego. 

We are now watching as NASA starts to release some of the first photos from Artemis II's historic lunar flyby this week. Artemis II crew flew around the moon on Monday, April 6, traveling farther than Apollo 13. They became the first humans to see the far side of the moon and managed to travel farther into space from Earth than any human before them. LiveNOW's Anna Marsick is interviewing retired NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, who has logged over 166 days in space, about what life looks like from way up in the stars. 

We are listening to the Artemis II crew as they take questions from the media during the eighth day of their moon mission. The Orion spacecraft that they are on is currently traveling back to Earth, with a planned splashdown for Friday evening. We watched this week as Artemis II's crew broke the record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth during their historic lunar flyby mission. 

We are watching as the Artemis II crew spend the eighth day of their mission conducting tests as the Orion spacecraft makes its way back to Earth. The crew is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of San Diego, on Friday, April 10. LiveNOW’s Andy Mac is speaking with former U.S. Navy diver Thomas McConnell to learn more before the Artemis II crew parachutes into the Pacific Ocean. 

The Artemis II astronauts are now headed back to Earth after successfully completing a lunar flyby that took them further into deep space than any previous human mission. NASA says the journey is providing unprecedented, firsthand views of the moon's far side. It was a significant step toward landing boot prints near the moon’s south pole in just two years. LiveNOW’s Anna Marsick is speaking with Dr. David Alexander, the Director of the Rice Space Institute, as the astronauts continue to share important moments from their journey so far. 

The Artemis II mission has now traveled farther into space from Earth than any previous human spaceflight, surpassing the distance set by Apollo 13 in 1970. The mission to the moon and back is expected to last 10 days. We are now learning that President Donald Trump is speaking with the Artemis II crew after they made their way around the dark side of the moon on Monday. 

The Artemis II mission has now traveled farther into space from Earth than any previous human spaceflight, surpassing the distance set by Apollo 13 in 1970. NASA reestablished communication with the Orion spacecraft after a 40-minute blackout as the Artemis II crew now begins their return journey back home to Earth. LiveNOW’s Andy Mac is getting the latest updates on the ongoing moon mission with Jack Kiraly, Director of Government Relations at the Planetary Society. 

On Monday, April 6, Artemis II's astronauts officially traveled more than 248,655 miles from Earth, breaking the previous distance record set by the historic Apollo 13 mission in 1970. According to NASA, Artemis II is also the first human crew to fly on the far side of the moon. LiveNOW was watching as Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1. The crew is expected to splashdown off the coast of San Diego, California on Friday, April 10. LiveNOW’s Andy Mac is learning all about what it means to get to space and back down to Earth with legendary former astronaut, Chris Hadfield. 

NASA has now announced that the Artemis II astronauts and Orion spacecraft are more than two-thirds of the distance to the moon's lunar surface as their historic lunar mission continues. Artemis II will reach the moon on Monday, April 6, 2026 where the crew will then participate in a six-hour lunar flyby. That's when the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows will be pointed to the moon. The mission is the first crewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft, working to evaluate NASA's capabilities for deep space travel. 

We are now watching as the Artemis II astronauts and Orion spacecraft are more than two-thirds of the distance to the moon's lunar surface according to the latest updates from NASA. Currently, the lunar flyby is scheduled for Monday afternoon, April 6, 2026, when Orion's main window will be pointed towards the moon's surface. LiveNOW’s Andy Mac is watching as NASA continues to share a new images taken during the Artemis II mission.