ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In 1972, Apollo astronauts Harrison “Jack” Schmitt and Eugene Cernan made history as they stepped onto the moon's surface, collecting rock and soil samples. This mission ...

The Apollo 14 mission took a remarkable step in history by sending tree seeds into lunar orbit. After these seeds were brought back, the U.S. Forest Service managed to germinate them. During the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In 1972, Apollo astronauts Harrison “Jack” Schmitt and Eugene Cernan embarked on a historic mission, stepping onto the moon's surface to collect vital rock and soil samples.

NASA astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin landed the Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon in the Moon’s Hadley-Apennine region 55 years ago today, beginning one of the most scientifically ambitious missions ...

The Artemis II astronauts will travel around the Moon in the Orion spacecraft. Esa / D. Ducros At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla – Before the rockets. Before the moon landings. There were the names. NASA’s most famous lunar program, Apollo, was named after the Greek god of the sun — a symbol of light, ...

Few institutions have shaped humanity’s understanding of space quite like NASA. Since its founding ...

As Apollo 15 returned to Earth 55 years ago today, the spacecraft carried a first-of-its-kind lunar sample that would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 ...

Artemis II, NASA's first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years, represents a shift from short visits toward sustained exploration, where understanding lunar geology and resources becomes as ...