The Artemis II launched from Florida, sending a crew of four astronauts on a mission around the moon, but before this could happen the Apollo 17 crew landed on the moon 50 years ago.

NASA's Apollo 8 mission was the first to orbit the moon. No US spacecraft has returned to the moon since 1972, but that's all about to change.

Like Apollo 8 in 1968, NASA's Artemis 2 mission from Florida will send a crew of astronauts around the moon and back without landing.

This collection consists of the following material documenting the structural testing of Grumman's Apollo Lunar Module system: Grumman reports, notes, schedules, and test results; NASA mission reports and flight plans; charts; photographs; posters; and one ...

When Apollo 12, NASA's second lunar landing mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center, the space vehicle was struck by lightning— twice.

Four astronauts lifted off from Florida on Wednesday (April 1) on NASA’s Artemis II mission, marking the first crewed flight of the agency’s program aimed at returning humans to the Moon later this decade.

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A plane passenger flying over Florida captured stunning footage of NASA's Artemis II rocket launching to the Moon on Wednesday evening - the first manned lunar mission since 1972