Astronauts of Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon for more than 50 years hope their journey inspires a new generation.

Harrison “Jack” Schmitt is the only geologist to have gone prospecting on the moon. As a crew member of Apollo 17, he was also the last person to leave footprints in the lunar soil. In part one of a ...

Twenty-one months after the deaths of the Apollo 1 crew in a fire during a test on the launchpad, the three men who had ...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - It's been 56 years since the famous quote from the moon landing was uttered: "One small step for man... One giant leap for mankind." But that step onto the pages of history was ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A true space hero was in San Francisco last week for a NASA conference about the future of space and technology. Now 88 years old, Charles Duke is a retired general fighter pilot, test ...

James Lovell, the legendary NASA astronaut and heroic commander of Apollo 13 who masterfully guided his crew through one of the most dangerous moments in space exploration history, has died, NASA ...

A May 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a black and white photo of three Apollo 16 astronauts posing with their helmets off. One of the astronauts is sitting in a lunar rover while ...

An image taken from Spirit’s PanCam looking west depicts the nearby hills named after the astronauts of the Apollo 1. The crew of Apollo 1 perished in flash fire during a launch pad test of their ...