The second crewed moon landing mission — Apollo 12 in 1969 — had a secret payload attached to one of the legs of its lunar lander. It was a ceramic tile about as large as a thumbnail, with six ...

Incorporating the first three letters of the city name—ΑΘΕ—with then-iconic images of the patron goddess Athena and her owl, the Athenian tetradrachm was among the most widely traded and most ...

This September, Shimokitazawa welcomes the return of its lunar art festival that will coincide with the upcoming full moon. Back for its third edition in 2024, ...

Some 1,200 indigenous people - mostly women - were employed to work at a Fairchild Semiconductor factory in Shiprock, New Mexico, from 1965, during the United States' race to the moon.

The Moon is known for its extreme temperature swings from unbearable heat to freezing cold. Sunlit areas can reach 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 degrees Celsius) near the lunar equator.