NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons ...

The Artemis II astronauts, all in their 40s or 50s, flew a little more than 4,000 miles from the Moon, higher above the ...

At this point in NASA's human spaceflight story, researchers have a substantial amount of material—documents, artifacts and ...

Lunar love knows no bounds. Artemis II's astronauts took a poignant page from Apollo 8 earlier this week, proposing deeply ...

Apollo and Artemis look similar from a distance: a rocket, a crew, and the Moon. But under the surface, they are built for completely different eras and completely different goals. Apollo was a Cold ...

This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before his death in 2025.

The photos, taken decades apart in 1968 and 2026, show Earth as it would be seen if you were standing on the moon. Take a ...

Commentary: In 1968, the crew read an origin story. In 2026, the crew used the name of a loved one to mark the moon. Both gestures captured hearts.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.(AP) — NASA’s Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a ...

A space historian explains how the Artemis II crew reimagined some Apollo-era photos and found spectacular new angles.