For the first time in more than half a century, the United States has sent astronauts back around the moon and safely home again. The four-member Artemis II crew includes Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen of Canada. The mission marked NASA’s first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years. Photo courtesy NASA. NASA’s Artemis pro­gram, named for the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, is designed to return humans to the lunar surface

While astronauts circled the moon this week aboard NASA’s Artemis II mis­sion, part of the power that sent them there came from Utah. NASA’s Artemis II mission lifts off aboard the Space Launch System rocket. Solid rocket boosters built in Utah helped power the mission carrying astronauts on a trip around the moon. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA. The Space Launch Sys­tem rocket that launched the crew relied on two massive solid rocket boost­ers built in northern Utah by Northrop

The day after NASA’s Artemis II mission, Kanab night sky guide Michael McKeon found himself look­ing at both the future and the past. Michael McKeon points toward the Milky Way from his backyard. Renewed excitement around NASA’s Artemis mission has sparked fresh interest in the night sky among people of all ages. Photo courtesy of Michael McKeon. During a stargazing pro­gram for a visiting family from Toledo, Ohio, McKeon pulled up newly released NASA images from the mission

KANAB - The meet­ing of the Kane County Planning and Zoning Board held on April 8 had a full agenda of Land Use topics and public hearings. Following the regular opening procedures and a brief update from County Commis­sioner Gwen Brown, the board started on the agenda’s action items. The first item was administrative, with the board considering granting Land Use Ad­ministrator Shannon McBride authoriza­tion to process amend­ments and compliance issues for the Camp Kaia Condi