The Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a test flight around the moon, the first crewed mission to the lunar vicinity in over 50 years. Unlike the Apollo missions, Artemis II's flight path ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NASA’s giant Space Launch System rocket rolled out Saturday for a crewed lunar flyby mission, potentially ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASA’s new moon rocket, Artemis II, makes its ...

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The first manned mission to the moon returned to earth on December 27, 1968. Apollo 8’s crew did not walk on the moon’s surface, but Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell ...

During their historic first crewed mission orbiting the Moon, the Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders performed a Christmas Eve broadcast, reciting the initial ten verses of ...

WATCH: On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon. Commander Frank Borman closed the broadcast with the ...

(WPTA) - On December 19, 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, concluding the Apollo program of crewed lunar landings. Apollo 17 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7 ...

ABOVE VIDEO: In 2022, NASA released a video special to recognize the 50th Anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 17 Moon Mission BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Apollo 17, the final NASA mission to send humans to the ...

We're just days away from the New Moon, with the Moon now shrinking to a just a thin sliver of light. This waning phase marks the final stretch of the lunar cycle. As of Wednesday, Dec. 17, the moon ...

Research on Apollo lunar samples provides evidence of how the Moon's surface evolves due to space weathering. The study focused on how the age of lunar regolith affects its physical and spectral ...