Our tiny blue planet has been immortalized in breathtaking images captured from the far reaches of space. These photographs, ...

Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity's first steps on another world.

American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to step on the Moon on 1969. When the lunar module ...

I remember watching live news coverage on our family’s black and white TV screen when astronaut Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder of the lunar module and put his left foot on the moon. Reportedly ...

International Moon Day 2025 on July 20 honors lunar exploration and unity with the theme 'One Moon, One Vision, One Future.' ...

Dynamic Earth invites families to explore the wonders of the Moon through science, storytelling and interactive fun.

The Moon’s albedo is 0.136, while the Earth’s is 0.434, making the Earth 3.2 times as reflective. That figure varies of course, depending on cloud and whether you’re facing mostly ocean or land.

Apollo 8's successful mission paved the way for Apollo 11 to fulfill U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. NASA (The National Aeronautics and ...

Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's ...

On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the ...

Chang'e 6's samples from the lunar far side contain a record of ancient volcanism, magnetism and a mantle depleted in important elements and water.

Planet Earth and a large asteroid in space. Earth's second moon is leaving just before the holidays and will fly by again in January before heading out into space until 2055.