The Artemis program’s eventual goal is to set up the first ever lunar space station, which will orbit the moon. It would host ...
On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] With two astronauts on board, the lunar module Challenger touched ...
Artemis II will be the first human mission beyond low-Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. Over the course of an approximately 10-day flight, four astronauts will travel around the Moon and return to ...
If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the ...
The Apollo Moon landings are among the most dissected events in history, yet some of their strangest details still hide in ...
Astronauts are preparing to orbit the moon in February, paving the way for long-term exploration. We're about to witness the ...
Shaving was something of a job on all the Apollo missions because in Zero-G, water doesn't just run off the face. Flickr/NASA Photo/ Project Apollo Archive The last human to walk on the moon was ...
The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.