U.S. lawmakers have nominated the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission for a Congressional Gold Medal. If approved, they would be only the second astronaut crew to receive the honor after the ...

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

Arizona, is part of a push to recognize NASA's renewed focus on the moon by giving a rare award to the Artemis II astronauts.

It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...

Apollo 11 found far more than dust and rocks on the Moon. The astronauts left behind instruments that proved the Moon was still shaking with moonquakes, while the samples they brought home helped ...