The Adler Planetarium held a watch party for Wednesday's Artemis II launch. Chicagoan Amy Lendian, acting systems engineer manager for the Artemis II mission, was also the fire suppression and console engineer for the Artemis I rocket.

If the weather holds, NASA will send four astronauts into space today on a 10-day mission to the moon and back, something the agency hasn't done in more than 50 years.

The first image ever taken of a black hole was revealed by scientists on Wednesday, and the photo of the flaming yellow and black-colored ring has Chicago's Adler Planetarium all worked up. Lunapalooza, a viewing party for the lunar eclipse and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Smithsonian executive Elizabeth Babcock has been tapped to lead the nation's oldest planetarium, the Adler Planetarium. The Chicago native and Northwestern University grad began ...

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Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing, The Adler Planetarium, joins John Williams to talk about the launch of Artemis II for a flight around the moon. Michelle explains why they are doing

NASA’s Artemis II mission marks a long-awaited return to deep space – but why now? We’re breaking down the science, risks, timeline and new tech behind the mission with Adler Planetarium’s Michelle Nichols.

Nasa's Artemis II mission has taken off and the spacecraft is now in orbit around the Earth before heading to the Moon and possibly travelling further from Earth than anyone has ever been before. Find out more here.