July 20th is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo program and the new Artemis program to return to the lunar surface.

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon ...

The Soviet Union’s successful Zond-5 space mission in 1968 prompted NASA to speed up the Apollo program—ultimately driving it ...

Analysis of previously untouched preserved core samples from the mysterious 'Light Mantle' landslide shed light on what ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Scientists at the Johnson Space Center this week opened a 50-year-old lunar soil sample they hope will teach them more about the moon and Earth ahead of NASA's upcoming return to the ...

Apollo Lunar Modules -- Post-Apollo. Space Exploration Initiative ; Faster, Better, Cheaper ; Decadal Planning Team -- Return to exploration. Concept Exploration and Refinement landers ; Exploration ...

An uncrewed mission called Artemis 1 flew around the moon and back again in 2022. Four astronauts aim to do the same next ...

As if hard vacuum, intense cosmic radiation, corrosive dust, meteors, and temperatures whiplashing hundreds of degrees between night and day weren't enough, personnel at future Moon bases will be at ...

China’s space program is advancing at a speed that could see it surpass the United States in the next five to ten years, ...

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years, the agency is contemplating how to live and work on ...