When Apollo 11 landed astronauts on the Moon in July 1969, a Soviet spacecraft called Luna 15 was already orbiting nearby, attempting to collect lunar soil and return it to Earth before NASA's crew.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years. Administrator Jared Isaacman said Friday that ...

Apollo 13, the NASA mission that failed spectacularly to reach the moon but succeeded in saving the lives of three astronauts, launched exactly 50 years ago. And now NASA’s Apollo 13 in Real Time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft set for the Artemis 2 mission is seen on Launch Complex 39B at sunrise ...

Ahead of NASA's Artemis launch on Monday, NBC News’ Tom Costello sat down with current Artemis flight director Rick LaBrode and Apollo flight director Milt Windler from the Apollo mission control room ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To achieve President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him home safely by the end of the 1960s, ...

NASA’s 4K visualization shows what the Apollo 13 crew saw on their way around the far side of the moon. The Apollo 13 crew was meant to land on the moon in 1970, but a technical snafu caused them to ...

One of the early Apollo astronauts has died. Walt Cunningham died Tuesday after complications from a fall. He was 90. Walt Cunningham flew in space just one time. His flight in 1968 was an important — ...

NASA telescope expected to plummet to Earth Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA’s Apollo program, dies at 90 NASA ramps up support to get Boeing’s astronaut capsule flying after Butch ...

In 2024, if all goes to plan, two astronauts will touchdown at the Moon’s South Pole; the first moonwalkers of the 21st century will step foot where no human has ever been before. The landing will ...

UPDATE: The original headline was changed from 12 Things You Need To Know About Apollo 12, The Beginning Of The End For NASA Moonshots 50 Years Ago This July 16, 2019 saw the 50th anniversary of the ...