NASA’s Artemis II mission, which also involves the European Space Agency (ESA), has brought renewed attention to the Moon. This time, the goal is to establish a base at the Moon’s south pole and ...

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) gets ready to send the Artemis II crew to the moon, Americans everywhere are feeling nostalgic—and for good reason. It's been over 50 years ...

On July 20, 1969, the world watched, and was transfixed, as American astronaut Neil Armstrong — rendered on television as a ghostly black-and-white figure — descended from the Lunar Module onto the ...

Apollo 11 - Landing on the Sea of Tranquility - July 20, 1969. 16mm landing film by Gary Neff, source footage courtesy John Knoll. Full description: http://history ...

An artist’s impression of an Apollo-era lunar module (left) and moon landers being built by Blue Origin (center) and SpaceX (right). Graphic: NASA Office of Inspector General NASA is working to reduce ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — America’s most daring, extraordinary feat — landing astronauts on the moon — remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere. Ever. And the lunar lander — a ...

A spacecraft that pursued the extreme of being 'light, simple, and capable of returning even if a failure occurs'The Apollo ...

Neil Armstrong never actually said, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Well, not exactly, anyway. Speaking to the press in the days after the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon ...

"Forget It" was the name of a small computer program never thought to be needed, which will nonetheless go down in history ...