The four astronauts aboard Nasa's Artemis II mission have travelled further from Earth than any humans in history. The crew reached a maximum distance of approximately 252,760 miles on Monday, shattering a record that had stood for more than half a century.

This lesson details how NASA got from Alan Shepard rocketing into low orbit in 1961 to Neil Armstrong taking "one small step" on the lunar surface in 1969 and today's

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. It was also the first mission to bring humans to the moon

As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between Apollo and NASA’s new Artemis program are inevitable. The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.

Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA’s Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the lunar surface Far from ordinary, it took a cutting-edge NASA design to safeguard these treasures during the Apollo missions ...

This collection consists of audio recordings, in the format of LP records, pertaining to the Apollo program and a a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) publication. This collection consists of audio recordings, in the format of LP records ...