‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’: How the Apollo 13 space mission unfolded

There was an explosion on the spacecraft 200,000 miles from Earth, but miraculously everyone on board made it back home ...

In a race back to the moon, U.S. and China see a fast-approaching finish line

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...
Space.com

VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027

VIPER was originally supposed to land on the moon in late 2023 aboard Griffin, a lander built by Pittsburgh-based company ...
The National Interest

In 1968, the Soviet Union Orbited Turtles Around the Moon

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