For the first time in more than half a century, NASA is preparing to send astronauts back into deep space, not just to low Earth orbit but around the Moon itself. Artemis II, the second flight in the ...

NASA Artemis II will launch on February 6, sending astronauts back toward the Moon for the first time in over five decades.

This week NASA announced a list of launch opportunities for Artemis II , the mission that will bring 4 astronauts including ...

Artemis II mission could launch on 6 February, sending astronauts on a 685,000-mile journey ...

On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] With two astronauts on board, the lunar module Challenger touched ...

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and ...

The last crewed mission by NASA to the moon was in 1972 with the Apollo 17 mission. Out of the 24 astronauts flown to the ...

Shaving was something of a job on all the Apollo missions because in Zero-G, water doesn't just run off the face. Flickr/NASA Photo/ Project Apollo Archive The last human to walk on the moon was ...

On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. With two astronauts on board, the lunar module Challenger touched down in an area called the Taurus-Littrow valley, ...