A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface ...

Jeff Hessel worked at Cape Canaveral in the heyday of the U.S. space program. He now lectures about the experience to groups ...

Embark on a fascinating exploration of the Moon’s most mysterious and unusual surface formations using rare high-resolution images captured during the historic Apollo 17 mission in 1972. These ...

The trio used their NASA IDs to slip into the space center after hours and make off with a 600-pound safe containing moon rocks brought back from every Apollo mission. But what Roberts and ...

During the original six Apollo moon-landing missions, astronauts discovered that moon dust, also called lunar regolith or just regolith, caused a lot of issues for the crews’ spacesuits and ...

It has been more than 50 years since humans first stepped on the moon with the Apollo 11 mission, and many are looking forward to our return with the Artemis III mission. Neil Armstrong became the ...

plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon, died on April 21 in Crossville, Tenn. He was 95. His death ...

A NASA worker was given years in prison for stealing Apollo moon rocks from the Johnson Space Center alongside his girlfriend. Thad Roberts was a 25-year-old intern in 2002 when he enlisted his ...

NASA was simultaneously using fuel cells to generate electricity on Apollo missions. The powertrain took up so much space the GM Handi-Bus became a two-seater. GM’s interest in hydrogen fuel ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Fifty years ago, the visit of the Apollo 17 spacecraft would be the last time man set foot on the moon. Half a century later, we are still learning from that visit to ...

By making direct comparisons between the Apollo samples, which were taken from various locations on the moon, and the Chang'e 5 sample, Glotch's group hopes to gain greater insights into the ...

The Artemis astronauts will be driving much further than their Apollo forebears, who in six landings between 1969 and 1972 never ventured more than 25 miles (40km) across the Moon's surface.