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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory kept a 60-year-old tradition alive before the historic Artemis II moon mission launched in April 2026. A simple container of peanuts connected decades of space exploration through one delicious superstition.
When four astronauts launched toward the Moon on April 1, 2026, a global network of massive antennas stood ready to keep them connected to Earth. NASA's Deep Space Network is tracking humanity's return to deep space from three continents.
NASA successfully established contact with the Artemis II spacecraft on its journey to the Moon, marking a major milestone in humanity's return to lunar exploration. The Deep Space Network's global antenna system is now guiding four astronauts through the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years.