The last U.S. astronaut to land on the moon was on Dec. 19, 1972, during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. NASA astronauts went to ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 17, a new era begins with deeper spaceflight, a diverse crew, and long-term Moon goals.

Central Standard Time on December 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 ...

NASA's Apollo 8 mission was the first to orbit the moon. No US spacecraft has returned to the moon since 1972, but that's all ...

The launch is the first step in the goal to return humans to the lunar surface. Apollo 17, which launched in 1972, was the ...

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 ...

Liftoff is set for 6:24 p.m. as NASA launches its first crewed lunar flight since Apollo, marking a major step toward ...

Humans are returning to the Moon. NASA's Artemis II mission will mark the first time we've left Earth's orbit since 1972, and ...

Now, with Artemis II getting ready to take flight after five decades, the next chapter has finally begun.

NASA had a contingency plan in case Apollo astronauts were stranded near the Moon, but it was far stranger and riskier than ...

Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just five remain.

If all goes as planned, humans will be going back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASA’s Artemis ...