This lesson details how NASA got from Alan Shepard rocketing into low orbit in 1961 to Neil Armstrong taking "one small step" on the lunar surface in 1969 and today's

Saturday, July 20, is Moon Day and the 55th anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo program and the new Artemis program to return to the lunar surface. NASA will now target September 2025 for Artemis II, the first crewed ...

People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo.

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there are two missions in particular that usually stick out ...

As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between Apollo and NASA’s new Artemis program are inevitable. The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Those who planned, ran and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the "Legacy of Apollo" gala celebration. The museum will host a few of those who helped the United States get to the ...

He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world. By Robert D. McFadden The pictures taken by the Apollo astronauts are ...