It was 1972 and Apollo astronauts Harrison “Jack” Schmitt and Eugene Cernan had just stepped onto the moon’s surface to begin collecting rock and soil samples. Related Articles US health officials nix ...

In April 2026, the crew of the Artemis II boldly went further into space than any human had ever gone for many years prior, embarking on a 10-day mission to fly around the Moon. It was the first time ...

Decades ago, there was an Apollo Generation of children who came of age during the era of the lunar landing. NASA hopes to ...

HOUSTON — Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their ...

In so doing, they became the first astronauts to fly in the vicinity of Earth’s only natural satellite since the Apollo program of the 1960s and ’70s. Glover, Koch and Hansen also made history as the ...