Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's ...

Their mission launched on December 21, 1968 and lasted for six days. The Lunar Module was completed in time for Apollo 9, the first earth orbit test of that equipment. On March 3, 1969 ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

NASA's requested funding was spent on the Great Society, including building rapid transit system in several cities ...

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were ...

This Saturday, July 20 marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing ... However, the Lunar Module landed on the moon several hours prior, at 9.17pm on Sunday, July 20, 1969.

Dave Scott performs an SEVA in Earth orbit during Apollo 9 The theory of the zeroth EVA goes something like this: after piloting the lunar module Intrepid down to the surface, Pete Conrad and Alan ...

If you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3-scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module, [Plasanator]’s photos and build details will show off how he constructed one for a kid’s event that was a hit!

They also carried a lunar roving vehicle. Apollo 15 was supposed to use a standard-size module: LM-9. But after Apollo missions 18, 19, and 20 were canceled, NASA was eager to make the most out of ...