On July 20, 1969, I was woken up in the early hours of the morning by my father, wrapped in a blanket and brought downstairs, writes Dr ...

Plans are in place for the crew of Artemis 2 to try to replicate one of the most famous images ever taken from space — Apollo ...

Artemis II builds on prior missions including Artemis II and early Apollo missions, including Apollo 8, which set out for a ...

Before his death, Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell recorded a message for the Artemis II crew, who broke his Apollo 13 record.

But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was ...

In Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. In NASA history, the Apollo 8 mission laid much of the groundwork ...

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the ...

The longtime Lake Forest resident and restaurant operator recorded a message before his death last year for the astronauts, ...

The mission’s goal was to land astronauts on the Moon’s Fra Mauro region and conduct scientific experiments, including ...

This collection consists of one preliminary copy of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module LM-10 Flight Controller Systems Handbook, which consists mostly of tables and drawings. This preliminary copy was used in ...

Whilst alone on the far side of the Moon, Apollo 10 astronauts heard eerie noises that sounded sort of like music.

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