In 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon. It was the final Apollo lunar landing. Ron Evans was the command module pilot and ...

On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...

As a superpower Space Race II speeds up, the U.S. needs to launch a national emergency campaign to beat China in landing ...

This means that the lunar regolith could still hold a very long-term record of Earth's atmospheric history, which in turn ...

Apollo lunar samples show how space weathering alters the Moon’s surface over time, affecting ultraviolet light reflection and interpretation of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data.

One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin ...

The Apollo 11 mission to the moon is one of the most intense stories of survival. The whole trip was nearly a disaster, and ...

Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2025 with 20 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, ...

Breaking Achievement. Apollo 17 set multiple records: longest manned lunar landing flight (301 hours 51 minutes), longest lunar surface activities (22 hours 6 m ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are collaborating with researchers at UT San Antonio to study how space ...

New research reveals that Earth's atmosphere has been leaking onto the moon for billions of years, potentially providing resources for future lunar bases.