Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and ...

Before the Apollo missions, there were the Mercury missions. Astronauts had to learn to walk before they could run. They had to be sure they could get into orbit, then back to Earth safely. They had ...

Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike. But ...