Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program.

As NASA’s Artemis program advances following its first crewed mission to the moon April 10, former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar ...

The Apollo program stands as one of humanity's most daring and awe-inspiring ventures into the unknown. Led by NASA in the 1960s and 70s, it was a bold response to the space race. From the fiery ...

Salvador Aleguas Jr., 91, of Melbourne, Florida, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 2, 2026. Born on November 6, 1934, in Colón, Republic of Panama, to Salvador Aleguas and Hilda Aleguas, ...

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of ...

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, ...

When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world watched the United States ...

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, & Artemis II. NASA officials held a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to highlight progress on ...

Orion is on its way home. The Artemis II crew is splashing down in the Pacific Ocean this evening, and they’ll have an easier time reacclimating to Earth than some of their lunar predecessors. Related ...

Decades ago, there was an Apollo Generation of children who came of age during the era of the lunar landing. NASA hopes to ...

Sam Dove is one of the people in charge of getting NASA’s Artemis rocket to the launch pad running the workhorse ...