Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.
NASA said it's been a busy couple of days for its Artemis II crew following the launch. A key engine firing of the mission was approved, and the crew is well on their way to the moon.
NASA's Mike Fincke identified himself Wednesday as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medical evacuation.
A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation.
Thousands of space center workers and their families gathered in the predawn chill to witness the long-awaited event, delayed for years.
Only three people remain on the orbiting laboratory.