They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Not since the end of 1972 has a human set foot on the ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts to circle the moon, similar to the Apollo 8 mission of 1968. Like Apollo 8, the Artemis 2 crew will not land on the moon but will test systems for ...

Nearly 60 years ago, three Americans made history as the first humans to ever break free of Earth's orbit on their way toward the moon. And when they passed behind the moon to the side Earth never ...

Orion is on its way home.The Artemis II crew is splashing down in the Pacific Ocean this evening, and they’ll have an easier time reacclimating to Earth than some of their lunar predecessors.Related ...