“Moon 101” is a series that features interviews with Apollo-era rocket scientists and engineers telling their stories about how they did it and lessons learned. In this curriculum, some of the world’s ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Students at Pace Academy in Columbia have eagerly taken up the challenge to grow plants on the Moon, thanks to the 'Plant The Moon' Challenge. Armed with a bag of moon rocks, seeds, ...

On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it became the first robotic spacecraft to return a sample of lunar soil to Earth ...

NEW YORK — Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, ...

NASA is offering new opportunities, in addition to those announced July 2, for America to celebrate with the agency the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon mission and look to the future ...

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow that completely covers the moon. But instead of disappearing, the moon will glow a coppery red ...

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. How well do you know our closest neighbor? The moon has fascinated humankind since the beginning of history. But far from being ...