Humans haven’t been back to the lunar surface since the Apollo moon program ended over five decade ago. The reasons why go ...

Ron Evans fell sound asleep in the command module of Apollo 17 when he and his crewmates were waiting to take off. It wasn’t easy to doze off in an Apollo spacecraft, least of all when you’re flat on ...

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via ...

The Story Behind TIME's 1969 Apollo Launch-Party Photos See the Past, Present and Future of American Spaceflight in 4 Minutes Apollo 11 Had 3 Men Aboard, But Only 2 Walked on the Moon. Here’s What it ...

More than 50 years after the last manned moon mission, the Apollo program is still making groundbreaking discoveries. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Lunar rock ...

The Apollo 17 mission, NASA’s final crewed expedition to the Moon in December 1972, returned with valuable lunar samples, including material from the “Light Mantle,” a bright and unusual deposit at ...