A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.
On this date, Jan. 4, 1970, NASA officially canceled the Apollo 20 mission and transferred the Saturn V rocket that would have sent astronauts to the moon to the Skylab mission. NASA, in a budget ...
Lunar rocks retrieved by China’s Chang’e-5 mission reveal that the moon’s magnetic field lasted much longer than scientists previously thought, offering new perspectives on planetary evolution and ...
NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the moon no sooner than April 2026. Astronauts were last on the moon in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. Artemis II will ...