By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. space mission in decades and a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface before China's first crewed landing.

NASA is poised to launch four astronauts on a historic nine-day trip around the moon and back. Here's everything to know about the Artemis II mission.

NASA's powerful Artemis II rocket is set to launch in Florida, sending four astronauts around the moon. Here's what to expect during liftoff.

Four astronauts are expected to take part in the nearly 10-day mission dubbed Artemis II, which could blast off as soon as February 6 The crew aboard will also be making history as the first woman, the first person of color, and the first Canadian on a ...

The United States has been vocal about wanting to beat China back to the surface of the Moon. In February, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said that the agency faced “credible competition from our greatest geopolitical adversary” and needed to “move faster, eliminate delays and achieve our objectives”.

The Artemis II crew will be the first humans to see parts of the moon's far side never before witnessed by human eyes.

The Artemis II crew go further than any humans before in Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years.