Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artemis II will mark the first time humans set out to attempt a lunar flyby in over 50 years, another forward advancement in pursuing NASA's Artemis exploration program's ultimate goals ...

Four Artemis II astronauts are taking a giant step for humankind Monday when they shoot deeper into space than anyone before and glimpse parts of the moon never seen by the naked eye. The NASA mission swept earlier into the moon's gravitational sphere of ...

As he took his final steps before leaving the moon, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan had some poignant closing words: “We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” It was December 14, 1972, and Cernan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – NASA is gearing up for the launch of Artemis II, that will make the first crewed mission to the Moon since the Apollo era more than five decades ago. Liftoff is targeted ...

A handful of other countries have their own lunar programs, as does the European Union. Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to fly past or circle the moon or to land crewed or uncrewed ...

The last man to walk on the moon says he can’t explain what it was like up there but that more and more people may learn soon enough — thanks to a trillion-dollar industry hidden in the lunar dust. Dr. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, 90, an Apollo 17 ...