What can you see when you look up tonight?

In an on-going overhaul of NASA's Artemis program, agency officials say it will take seven years to build a sophisticated base on the moon.

One particular line prompted the same taunting gag.

Four astronauts are scheduled to launch into space in April 2026 for a 10-day moon mission, and the food they'll eat onboard sounds surprisingly tasty.

It might be time to look to the stars this spring. April will bring a few notable changes to our night skies. Along with some nice moons and a possible look at Mercury, the Lyrid meteor shower will also take over the skies near the end of the month.

The crew of the Artemis II mission will include the first woman and person of color to travel to deep space, ushering in a new era of representation in exploration beyond Earth.

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) - Japanese spacecraft startup ispace said on Friday it will further delay a U.S. government-sponsored lunar mission to 2030 and cut its global workforce, in a strategic shift after two failed lunar landings.