Four astronauts are scheduled to launch this week on humanity’s first lunar mission in over 50 years, featuring a woman, a Black man and a Canadian.

Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a landing in two y...

If takeoff goes ahead as planned Wednesday, Hansen will serve as the mission specialist during the mission and become the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit.