The last time a human being walked on the Moon was on December, 14, 1972. During the Apollo 17 mission, astronaut Gene Cernan ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

Old Apollo rocks are providing a fresh take on the moon's magnetic field. The lunar magnetic field is currently weak or even ...

On, NASA reached a pivotal milestone in America’s race to the Moon with the first launch of an Apollo-Saturn IB rocket, known as AS-201, from Cape Kennedy—today’s Cape Canaveral.

Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh take on the moon's mysterious magnetic field, scientists say.

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

The Apollo missions showed exact science at work. Each part needed to be close to perfection from start to finish. NASA succeeded with 1960s tools—a remarkable feat. Though it was still cutting-edge ...

On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was showcased.

Obit Jim Lovell, the former US astronaut and commander of the Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97.… Lovell was selected as part of the second group of NASA astronauts in 1962, having missed ...

NASA asked James W. Head III to work with the 18 astronauts selected for the first manned mission to orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program.