Apollo program and Artemis II look similar on the surface: giant rockets, astronauts, the Moon. But the deeper comparison is stranger. Artemis launched with computers roughly 20,000 times faster than ...

Before etching their names in spaceflight history, the four Artemis II astronauts received some posthumous words of encouragement from one of NASA's greats. Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts to circle the moon, similar to the Apollo 8 mission of 1968. Like Apollo 8, the Artemis 2 crew will not land on the moon but will test systems for ...

The 44th Annual International Space Development Conference will be held in McLean, VA, June 4-7, 2026 Dr. Schmitt's ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was 1972 and Apollo astronauts Harrison “Jack” Schmitt and Eugene Cernan had just stepped onto the moon's surface to begin collecting rock and soil samples. The mission ...

April 1 marked a historic day with the launch of Artemis II. Although the crew did not land on the lunar surface, the mission ...

The crew landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego shortly after 8 p.m. ET, following a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s ...

The spacesuit NASA astronaut Gene Cernan wore in the 1969 Apollo 10 mission is heading back to DC after 40 years at Triton ...