Watch the moment Artemis II blasts into space on historic mission. The Artemis crew are officially on their way in a historic 10-day mission around the Moon, which could take them further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.. The crew on the 10-day mission won’t land on the Moon, but plan to circle it, while travelling further from Earth than anyone has ever been before. Following on from the unmanned Artemis I mission in 2022, Nasa’s Artemis programme is preparing for deep-space missions – with an ultimate goal of reaching Mars in the 2030s.. Follow along with the BBC’s live coverage of the launch here.. 9 hours ago. Moon. Space. Artemis. Nasa. Space exploration. United States. Florida. Plane and firetruck removed from runway after LaGuardia crash. The wreckage blocked access to one of two runways at the busy New York City airport.. US & Canada. First Lady Melania Trump arrives with humanoid robot at tech summit. The robot made an appearance with First Lady Melania Trump at the White House. Trump is hosting a summit on AI, education, and protecting kids in digital spaces.. US & Canada. Dog rescued after falling into a 12-foot (3.6m) sinkhole. The yellow Labrador Retriever named Tessie was not injured in the fall or rescue, and is back in her yard after crews filled in the sinkhole.. US & Canada. What happened in the seconds before Air Canada plane crashed at LaGuardia. BBC Verify breaks down the moments before the deadly collision with a fire truck at the New York airport.. US & Canada. ‘Helpful’ and ‘scary’: Travellers react to ICE agents at airports. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been deployed to US airports to assist TSA during the partial government shutdown.. US & Canada. Explosion at Texas oil refinery creates huge smoke plume. There were no injuries reported, the refinery operator Valero told the BBC’s US news partner CBS.. US & Canada. How the deadly LaGuardia Airport crash unfolded. Video shows the aftermath of the collision between a passenger plane and a firefighting vehicle on the runway of the New York airport.. US & Canada. Isolation or neutrality: The impact of Quebec’s secular law. As the province’s secularism law, Bill 21, faces a challenge at the Supreme Court of Canada, some Muslim women say they’ve paid the highest price.. US & Canada. ‘Stop, stop, stop’: Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collision. An Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew initially landed safely from Montreal on Sunday evening before colliding with a firefighting vehicle.. US & Canada. BBC asks Chuck Norris about being a ‘successful, really terrible’ actor. The Hollywood action star, who got his big screen break alongside Bruce Lee in 1972’s Way Of The Dragon, has died aged 86.. US & Canada. Record-breaking heatwave hits the US West. According to the US National Weather Service, the heatwave will continue in the West and expand eastward in the coming days.. US & Canada. Afroman testifies in defamation
