The Artemis II mission, set to take off as early as Wednesday, and fly around the moon, is just the latest chapter in a long series of lunar exploratory space missions deployed by NASA over the last ...

As Eugene Cernan took his last steps on the lunar surface, the Apollo 17 commander promised to come back. “As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow,” Cernan said Dec. 13, 1972, “we leave as we came and, ...

Fifty-seven years ago, three American astronauts set forth on one of the most audacious and inspiring journeys in human history. In late December 1968, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...

The photos, taken decades apart in 1968 and 2026, show Earth as it would be seen if you were standing on the moon. Take a look.

American astronaut William Anders — who was a member of the Apollo 8 crew — was killed while piloting a plane that crashed off the Washington coast Friday, according to a report. He was 90. “The ...

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders adjlusts his helmet while suiting up for his 1968 moon mission. (NASA Photo) Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped the iconic “Earthrise” photo of our planet as ...

Frank Borman, an astronaut who flew on the Apollo 8 mission that orbited the moon, has died, NASA announced. He was 95. Borman died Tuesday in Billings, Montana, according to NASA. NASA administrator ...

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo who died last month while piloting a plane over the waters off Washington state, was doing a flyby ...