An unassuming rock collected from the surface of the moon over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt could completely alter what we thought we knew about the early ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of a full moon. - Photo by Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu via Getty Images It's almost the New Moon, which means we're approaching ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NASA’s giant Space Launch System rocket rolled out Saturday for a crewed lunar flyby mission, potentially ...

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Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He's just one of four living moonwalkers and the oldest remaining astronaut still making trips around the sun.

The Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a test flight around the moon, the first crewed mission to the lunar vicinity in over 50 years. Unlike the Apollo missions, Artemis II's flight path ...

“Alien at 40: In space no one can hear your plea for workers’ rights” (26 February 2019): Sci-fi cinema has a long history of ruthless and evil corporations, including the Tyrell Corporation in ...

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Saturn V rocket lifts off carrying the Apollo 14 mission from Florida in January 31, 1971. File Photo courtesy of NASA Jan. 31 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could ...