NASA successfully initiated its Artemis 1 mission, ... The rocket will look to reach other milestones amid the historic flight, including the service module fairing jettison, ...

NASA has been preparing for Artemis 1 for years and is now in the home stretch. Here's a brief rundown of the major mission milestones to watch for, both before and after its Aug. 29 launch.

Artemis 1 begins a long lunar journey. The lift-off took place at storied Launch Pad 39B, which has hosted one Saturn V launch for Apollo 10, and four Saturn 1B missions for Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz.

The Orion crew capsule at the top of the Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket is hidden from view under an aerodynamic nose fairing seen at the top of this image.

The 42-day Artemis mission begins with a launch from Florida before the Orion spacecraft's orbit around the moon and a journey back to Earth. Here's what will happen and when.

Related: NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates. ... Only a minute later, SLS dropped off the fairing protecting Orion during launch and its launch abort system.

Artemis 2 is the second mission of NASA's Artemis Program, meant to establish a long-term human presence on the moon. Artemis 1 launched an uncrewed Orion into lunar orbit and back in Nov. 2022.

The 42-day Artemis mission begins with a launch from Florida before the Orion spacecraft's orbit around the moon and a journey back to Earth. Here's what will happen and when.

NASA managers have cleared the agency's leak-bedeviled Artemis moon rocket for ... NASA managers met Sunday to review launch preparations and agreed to start a 47-hour 10-minute countdown at 1:54 ...