Fifty-seven years ago, three men hurtled toward Earth inside a ball of violet flame, moving faster than any humans before or ...

In 1965, North American Aviation was asked to design a rescue mission for astronauts stranded at the Moon or in lunar orbit. The plan relied on a standby Saturn V and a modified command module built ...

The Artemis II crew — commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — ...

Modern lunar landings look “easy” on paper—until you try to do it without astronauts and a command module overhead. Recent U.S. attempts failed for very normal reasons: a propellant leak, then a ...

The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest ...

In the coming weeks, Artemis II will send humans around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Could it be a ...

As we near Artemis II, we remember legendary NASA astronaut John Young, who grew up in College Park, walked on the moon and ...

Soon, four astronauts will launch on a mission to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The mission, called Artemis II, is the second mission — and first crewed mission — of ...

NASA's plans to launch the Artemis II into lunar orbit may get delayed again. The first moon mission involving humans since ...

Is an orbiting space station necessary to achieve lunar objectives, including scientific ones?

The Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is the most important holiday in China. It is also widely celebrated in South ...