Now that the first lunar travelers in more than a half-century are safely back in Houston with their families, NASA has ...
Never-before-glimpsed views of the moon’s far side. Check. Total solar eclipse gracing the lunar scene. Check. New distance record for humanity. Check. With NASA’s lunar comeback a galactic-sized ...
The docking mechanism for Artemis III’s close-to-home trial run is already at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The latest ...
When Apollo 12, NASA's second lunar landing mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center, the space vehicle was struck by lightning— twice. On Nov. 14, 1969, Apollo 12 prepared to bring three ...
Nearly 60 years ago, three Americans made history as the first humans to ever break free of Earth's orbit on their way toward the moon. And when they passed behind the moon to the side Earth never ...
Apollo 17 lunar sample 72255 was brought back from the Moon’s surface in 1972. An analysis of the composition and magnetism of Apollo samples recently shed new light on a long-standing question about ...
On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and ...
Space enthusiasts Mike Tripodi and Greg Pitonza, both from upstate New York, traveled through the area, including Edwardsville, on Jan. 30 and towed a quarter-scale replica of the Apollo lunar module.
On Jan. 22, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 5, marking the first time the Apollo Lunar Module flew in space and a critical step toward landing astronauts on the Moon. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On Jan. 22, ...