Plans are in place for the crew of Artemis 2 to try to replicate one of the most famous images ever taken from space — Apollo 8's shot of Earth rising over the moon's horizon.

This video explores the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that transported astronauts to the Moon's surface. It covers the two primary components of the module: the descent stage, which contained fuel and oxidizer tanks, storage for the Lunar Roving ...

Whilst alone on the far side of the Moon, Apollo 10 astronauts heard eerie noises that sounded sort of like music.

Monday, April 6, was Flight Day 6 for the Artemis 2 mission. In many ways it was the mission's climax, containing the lunar flyby, the closest approach to the Moon, and the literal turning point as the crew is now headed back to Earth.

This collection consists of one preliminary copy of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module LM-10 Flight Controller Systems Handbook, which consists mostly of tables and drawings. This preliminary copy was used in-house but is incomplete as it lacks Section 7 (EMU ...

But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was the long way around the Moon.

The longtime Lake Forest resident and restaurant operator recorded a message before his death last year for the astronauts, cheering their achievement. During their lunar flyby, the Artemis II crew broke Lovell's Apollo 13 record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth.

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