NASA’s Artemis II mission to carry four people around the moon and back could launch as early as this Sunday, Feb. 8. Backup ...

NASA is now targeting March 2026 for Artemis II — the first crewed lunar mission since 1972. It will set the stage for ...

Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A ...

Time magazine features Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover and Christina Koch on a commemorative cover as NASA prepares for a lunar flyby.

Residents of the Tehachapi area played a role in developing and testing NASA's Artemis Orion spacecraft, the vehicle that will soon carry astronauts back to the Moon. In the coming weeks, NASA plans ...

How well Artemis II manages its risks — untested hardware, deep-space distance, and limited escape options — will shape ...

Over 50 years after astronauts last went to the moon, a new crew is set to make history — but don't expect another lunar ...

Humanity has changed an awful lot in the past 58 Years. The moon? Not so much. It was in 1968 that astronauts first drew near ...

Astronauts are preparing to orbit the moon in February, paving the way for long-term exploration. We're about to witness the ...

An important part of the guidance system was the Apollo Guidance Computer—or just "AGC" for short. On any given Apollo mission, there were two AGCs, one for the Command Module, and one for the Lunar ...

The Apollo spacecraft used for lunar missions in the late 1960's and early 1970's was really two different spacecraft, the Command Module (CM) and the Lunar Module (LM). The CM was used to get the ...

A magnificent photograph of lunar module pilot Jim Irwin saluting the American flag at the Hadley-Apennine landing site during Apollo 15. The lunar module and rover appear behind him, to his left, in ...