STORY: NASA will send four astronauts on a ten-day voyage around the moon in 2026 - the latest step in a mission to land humans on the lunar surface for the first time in more than five decades.:: November 16,

Over six missions, 12 astronauts explored the lunar surface, collecting samples and conducting experiments that deepened our cosmic understanding - but the last crew landed in 1972.

Agency officials are eyeing a February 5 launch for the mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon, but can they actually stick to this aggressive timeline?

NASA is set to launch three spacecrafts Tuesday with the goal of unlocking the mysteries of solar weather at the edge of our solar system.

The two NASA missions are the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, and the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory. The NOAA mission is known as the Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1, or SWFO-L1.

Just after sunrise on Sept. 24, SpaceX launched three space weather spacecraft -- the primary being NASA's IMAP.

Idaho’s terrain spans from mountains to deserts to volcanic craters — showcasing a wide range of natural landscapes. In 1969, four astronauts from NASA’s Apollo program visited Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in southern Idaho to learn more about the moon’s surface before their historic voyage.