A new study reveals that seismic activity on the Moon may threaten the stability of future long-term infrastructure. A recent study found that ground shaking caused by moonquakes, not meteorite ...
Relive one of humanity’s greatest achievements — the first landing of men on the Moon in July 1969. This NASA film, preserved by the National Archives, follows the Apollo 11 mission from its powerful ...
NASA has confirmed that, in a couple of months, humans that weren't alive 53 years ago will see something that last happened in 1972: astronauts in the moon.
As of Saturday, Sept. 27, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 27% of its surface is illuminated tonight.
The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago.
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar samples with an adjustable sampling scoop during the 1972 moon mission. Credit: NASA. More than fifty years ago, Apollo 17 astronauts scooped up a ...
When Apollo 17 astronauts collected a small rock from the moon more than 50 years ago, they had no way of knowing it would still be challenging scientists' understanding of lunar history today.