NASA Apollo Command Module

Artemis, moon and NASA

NASA Artemis II astronauts to fly around moon in spacefaring 'pivot point'

The last spacecraft to carry humans to the moon, NASA's Apollo 17 command module, is a longtime museum piece on display at Space Center Houston.

Texas Standard · 7d

Before Artemis II, a look back to Apollo 8, when astronauts first went around the moon and back

· 1d · on MSN

NASA Artemis II crew break distance record for space travel

philstar.com · 1d

Artemis astronauts survey lunar surface on flyby, solar eclipse up next

The four astronauts carrying out NASA's first lunar flyby in more than half-a-century were sending back detailed observations of the Moon after traveling further from Earth than any human before.

· 23h

Watch: Artemis II's historic lunar flyby... in 90 seconds

· 1d

Artemis II Astronauts Go Farther From Earth Than Ever Before

ZME Science

NASA Is Finally Returning to the Moon After 50 Years. But Why Did It Take So Long?

Many things have changed since the 1960s. At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 nautical miles south-east of Samoa, concluding the last mission to the Moon.

How much more elbow room does Artemis II's Orion have than Apollo?

Orion's interior space is equivalent to that of two minivans, NASA says. That's a lot more breathing room than space capsules of the 1960s and '70s.

3don MSN

OTD In Space - April 4: Last Un-crewed Apollo Test Flight

On April 4, 1968, NASA launched the final uncrewed test flight of its Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 6 mission demonstrated that the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo spacecraft were ready to send astronauts into space.