(NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard ...

II astronauts will return for a 10-day deep-space mission that’ll test new spacecraft, new partnerships and a new approach to ...

NASA is gearing up for historic lunar moon mission Artemis II in March, more than 50 years since humans went to the moon.

Artemis II is set to blast off to the moon in early February with four astronauts, including the Canadian Space Agency's ...

NASA's Artemis II mission is on the brink of launching the first crewed mission toward the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The liftoff is tentatively scheduled for early February this year after a ...

If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the ...

It was in 1968 that astronauts first drew near the moon, and it will be early this year, if all goes as planned, that a crew will return, representing a species with gadgets and abilities—and yes, ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft rolled into position at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on January 17, 2026, marking a pivotal moment in humanity’s return to the ...

(WPTA) - On December 19, 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, concluding the Apollo program of crewed lunar landings. Apollo 17 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7 ...

ABOVE VIDEO: In 2022, NASA released a video special to recognize the 50th Anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 17 Moon Mission BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Apollo 17, the final NASA mission to send humans to the ...

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 ...