NASA's objective was for the experiment to only last for five years. The Apollo 11 crew didn't just just accomplish landing on the lunar surface and returning safely — the men also conducted several ...

Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the science of precision exploration. When Apollo 12 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A device like this deployed on the ...

An Apollo 14 astronaut deploys the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package’s power source (foreground) and “Central Station” (background), where the Lunar Dust Detector was mounted. Credit: NASA/JSC ...

When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the moon 50 years ago, they took photos, collected lunar rock samples and left behind an experiment that's still sending back ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

It's been half a century since humans last retrieved samples of the moon's surface, and we're finally going back — with better technology, too. With the successful Artemis 1 test flight in December ...

Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection, Accession XXXX-0093, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was a self-contained ...

In 1969, University of Maryland physicist Doug Currie helped design three still-in-use lunar instruments placed on the Moon by Apollo 11, 14, and 15. Fifty years later, Currie is lead scientist for a ...

A local auctioneer was asked in June by NASA to stop the sale of specimens from an Apollo 11 lunar dust experiment. The lot of items, which was ultimately taken off the auction block, included ...

The hollow moon conspiracy theory came about during the Apollo missions in 1969. Conspiracy theorists misinterpreted the results of the astronauts’ seismic experiments, leading them to believe the ...