On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

Apollo 17, the final NASA mission to send humans to the Moon for Project Apollo, splashed down on this day in 1972. [...] ...

Fifty-five years after the first human lunar landing, scholars and experts are looking to preserve the past as more nations and companies undertake moon missions Carlyn Kranking - Associate Web Editor ...

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 ...

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Apollo program began as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) ten-year plan from 1959, which planned for lunar ...

On this date, Jan. 22, 1968, Apollo 5 launched in a major step forward for U.S. missions to the lunar surface. The Apollo 5 mission tested the Lunar Module in space for the first time, which was ...

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NASA released Thursday newly restored video from the July 20, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The release commemorates the 40th anniversary of the first mission to land ...