Apollo 8’s lunar mission ended aboard USS Yorktown. A new Patriots Point exhibit reveals how the carrier recovered the astronauts after their splashdown.
If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific would have ventured more than 40 metres from the beach. That is about ...
The first mission to return humans to the lunar neighborhood since Apollo 17 in 1972 is planning spacecraft testing, ...
NASA's Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972—with much more to come.
Artemis II’s goal is to send people to pass by the Moon and be sure all engineering systems are tested in space before Artemis III, which will land astronauts near the lunar south pole.
Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon ...
Artemis 2 could launch as early as this coming weekend. If it does, the 10-day mission will have to compete with the Olympics and Super Bowl for media attention.
Agency's analysis estimates that proposed trajectories could impact thousands of American flights per year.
NASA has launched a two-day countdown rehearsal for its next lunar mission, aiming to send astronauts around the Moon for the ...