Four Artemis 2 astronauts will spend seven hours flying by the moon today (April 6), seeing lunar sights never before seen by human eyes.

As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.

At its closest point, the crew of Artemis II will loop about 4,000 miles from the lunar surface late Monday. The astronauts will also venture farther into space than any previous human mission.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended a fiscal year 2027 budget proposal that would cut the agency’s budget by nearly 25%.

As NASA grew, the culture shifted to less personal and more bureaucratic, and astronaut families fell out of public view. The Astronaut Wives Club morphed into an organization known as the Astronaut Spouses Group, which interfaces with NASA’s Astronaut Family Support Office and its Behavioral Health and Performance Operations group.

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman says Artemis II would not be at this moment without President Trump as Orion prepares to pass the far side of the Moon.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman outlined the most critical moments he expects in the coming days as Artemis II astronauts continue their journey around the far side of the moon.

The mission, which launched on April 1, will see a crew go further into space than anyone else and is expected to reach the far side of the moon on April 6.

NASA sent a special message to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. For those unversed, NASA recently launched its historic Artemis II mission on Wednesday, April 1. Notably, Artemis II marks the first

The following is the full transcript of an interview with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 5, 2026.