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

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, has died aged 90. Cunningham joined crewmates Walter Schirra and Donn Eisele ...

Florida - The U.S. investment in the Apollo space program, which landed men on the moon, paid off handsomely, unlike the $100 billion plowed into the International Space Station, Apollo's pioneering ...

The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a ...

An astronaut who visited the moon in 1972 as part of the Apollo 16 crew and helped design the Apollo spacesuits has died at the age of 87. But he's probably best known for Apollo 13 - the mission he ...

Ken 'TK' Mattingly, an American astronaut who visited the moon in 1972, passed away at the age of 87 on Tuesday, NASA confirms today. Mattingly was most famous for his key role in securing the safe ...

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, has died. He was 90. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs confirmed Cunningham’s death to ...

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But it’s nonetheless a daring feat. The Artemis 2 crew will be flying around the Moon and back in an enormous arc, likely ...