Only 12 astronauts have walked on the moon. Discover who they are, which Apollo missions took them there, and when humans ...

Test your knowledge of NASA's monumental Apollo Missions! This quiz challenges your understanding of lunar landings, key ...

A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its ...

Summary The crew of Apollo 8 carried these maps of the lunar surface on their December 1968 mission to orbit the Moon. The maps were prepared specifically for the mission and show various lunar ...

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later.

Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on June 7 when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed.

The film "Debriefing Apollo 8," released in 1969, documents the historic Apollo 8 mission, which marked humanity's first orbit around the Moon. It highlights the collaborative efforts of numerous ...

These two factors appear to interact to stabilize the orbit over the long term. Long-term Orbit Stability of the Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module Ascent Stage James Meador Comments: 13 pages, 8 figures.

Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts–Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and ...