This video examined why NASA never attempted a single massive rocket launch straight to the Moon during the Apollo program.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. President Kennedy challenged the United States to get to the Moon, and it was up to the staff of the Apollo Program to figure out how to do it.

A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar orbit about a month into its spaceflight.

Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy surprised many people earlier this week when he said the space agency was intending to reopen the contracts for the Artemis III lunar lander that will return astronauts to ...

Artemis III is NASA’s mission intended to return astronauts to the moon. The plan has been to use SpaceX’s still-experimental Starship — the most powerful rocket system ever built — for the last leg ...

As China accelerates its plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, questions are mounting over whether the United States will meet its own timeline — or fall behind in a race it once led. At the ...

The flyby is a gravity assist that will save the spacecraft fuel as it prepares to land on the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Firefly Aerospace released this image Feb. 14 of its Blue Ghost 1 spacecraft in orbit around the moon. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — One commercial lunar lander has entered orbit around the ...

Illustrations -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Apollo : an extraordinary adventure -- The meaning of Apollo -- Dreaming of the Moon -- The ...