The Space Race on MSN

Apollo missions revealed something strange - and it surprised scientists

Most people know about the first Moon landing in 1969, but the Apollo program went far beyond that single moment. In just three years, NASA successfully completed six crewed Moon landings and carried ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Farewell to half a century of absence from the Moon—NASA prepares for human return after 50 years, and the plan could change the future of space

The last time a human being walked on the Moon was on December, 14, 1972. During the Apollo 17 mission, astronaut Gene Cernan ...
Time

Setting of the Moon: Apollo 17, Forty Years Later

Ron Evans fell sound asleep in the command module of Apollo 17 when he and his crewmates were waiting to take off. It wasn’t easy to doze off in an Apollo spacecraft, least of all when you’re flat on ...
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Apollo Moon sample opened after 50 years contains evidence of extraterrestrial landslide

More than 50 years after the last manned moon mission, the Apollo program is still making groundbreaking discoveries. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Lunar rock ...
The National Interest

Remembering the Apollo 11 Launch, 56 Years On

The US space program won’t go anywhere without centralized leadership and a coordinating vision. There was a time when giants walked the Earth—and America produced such giants. No, I’m not talking ...