Artemis II builds on prior missions including Artemis II and early Apollo missions, including Apollo 8, which set out for a lunar flyby.

This video explores the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that transported astronauts to the Moon's surface. It covers the two primary components of the module: the descent stage, which contained fuel and oxidizer tanks, storage for the Lunar Roving ...

Monday, April 6, was Flight Day 6 for the Artemis 2 mission. In many ways it was the mission's climax, containing the lunar flyby, the closest approach to the Moon, and the literal turning point as the crew is now headed back to Earth.

But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was the long way around the Moon.

Whilst alone on the far side of the Moon, Apollo 10 astronauts heard eerie noises that sounded sort of like music.

This collection consists of one preliminary copy of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module LM-10 Flight Controller Systems Handbook, which consists mostly of tables and drawings. This preliminary copy was used in-house but is incomplete as it lacks Section 7 (EMU ...

The mission’s goal was to land astronauts on the Moon’s Fra Mauro region and conduct scientific experiments, including geological sampling and deployment of instruments to study lunar seismic activity.

Apollo's legacy is still visible in the tire tracks etched along the lunar surface.

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