NASA asked James W. Head III to work with astronauts selected for the first manned mission to orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program Unlike Apollo’s “fast and furious” race to the moon ...

NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 will soon move the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to pad 39B ahead of launch.

Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan spoke some of the last words from the surface of the moon on December 14, 1972: “And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall ...

Rediscover the famous words exchanged between astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins during the first moon landing and see the historic photos they took.

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 ...

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NASA’s SLS rocket and Orion capsule stand on Launch Complex 39B ahead of Artemis II on Feb. 1, 2026. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP via Getty Images The last time the U.S. sent astronauts to the ...

And — maybe — just in the nick of time. The Artemis II mission to circle our next-door neighbor — the first human visit in 54 years — is at this very moment poised to blast off from a stressed, ...

Humanity is headed back to our closest neighbor. In 2026, for the first time in the 21st century, a crewed mission to the Moon is finally happening again. The Artemis II mission, part of NASA’s ...