But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was ...

Going to the moon? Been there, done that — right? Some people might say that NASA's Artemis 2 mission is a repeat of the past ...

The historic computer software code that took Apollo 11 to the moon has been open-sourced and is available to anyone to read, ...

In the same way that Artemis II serves as the first crewed flight to test technology for future missions to the moon and Mars ...

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the ...

On April 4, 1968, NASA launched the final uncrewed test flight of its Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 6 mission demonstrated that the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo spacecraft were ready to send ...

Artemis II builds on prior missions including Artemis II and early Apollo missions, including Apollo 8, which set out for a ...

In Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. In NASA history, the Apollo 8 mission laid much of the groundwork ...

The longtime Lake Forest resident and restaurant operator recorded a message before his death last year for the astronauts, ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before ...

The Apollo era remains one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of space exploration. Launched during the height of the Cold War, the program was driven by the United States’ ambition to ...

For centuries, humans have dreamed of flying to the Moon. In 1959, our machines actually began to go there. A decade later, humans walked on its surface. The Destination Moon exhibition features ...