The Artemis II astronauts, all in their 40s or 50s, flew a little more than 4,000 miles from the Moon, higher above the ...
Apollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space this month ...
Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes ...
One of the most iconic photos of our little blue planet was taken in 1968, and gave people riding along Spaceship Earth one of its first views. Now, nearly 68 years later, another breathtaking photo ...
The takeaway: The code that guided Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface has been released in digital form for public access. Nearly six decades after the Apollo 11 mission, the original ...
At this point in NASA’s human spaceflight story, researchers have a substantial amount of material – documents, artifacts and images – with which to tell the stories of past flights to space. But with ...
The Artemis II mission is in the books with a successful splashdown on Friday. Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt is one of four people left alive who walked on the moon. That was during the ...
Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Apr 6, 2026 Apr 6, 2026 Updated Apr 15, 2026 HOUSTON — With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts sailed into their lunar flyby Monday, taking ...
The crew of the Artemis II mission is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday, with a splashdown scheduled for 5:07 p.m. PST in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. The crew successfully ...