The Apollo spacecraft used a staged approach—removing parts of the transportation along the way to reduce weight. ... The ...

The capsule was launched as part of the Artemis 1 mission, which represents an early step in NASA’s ongoing endeavour to return our species to the surface of the Moon in the next decade.

December 7, 1972 was the launch of the final mission in NASA's Apollo moon program. Fifty years later, NASA finally seems poised to return people to the lunar surface.

It’s on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, along with their return capsule. ... The Apollo program landed 12 astronauts on the moon from 1969 through 1972.

The Apollo era was defined by its images: ... The return trajectory of the Artemis spacecraft will take a new approach NASA has never tried before. Show more. Show more. 10:21 a.m. EST.

As the Apollo program took us to the moon, it is the Artemis program that will return us. In fact, if all goes according to schedule, in 2025, Artemis III will see people return to Earth’s lunar ...

The capsule had been in space for 2,572 days, and its return marks the conclusion of the first U.S. asteroid sample-return mission: OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...

Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.