In August of 1971, Apollo 15 set out on what would become one of NASA’s most ambitious and scientifically valuable lunar missions. Astronauts David Scott, James Irwin, and Alfred Worden brought a new ...

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

Closeup photo of a bulova analog watch's face, which has three small dials. How do you enhance the connection that a watch shares with outer space beyond just evoking its history of having been flown ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency are using a powerful new simulator to relive the Apollo 15 mission in excruciating detail. By revisiting this and other missions, the researchers are seeing old ...

A Feb. 21 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of an astronaut standing on the moon near an American flag, a lunar module and a lunar rover. “How did the moon buggy fit inside the ...

On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 became the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon. This article looks back at the historic flight that changed space exploration forever.

NASA's objective was for the experiment to only last for five years. The Apollo 11 crew didn't just just accomplish landing on the lunar surface and returning safely — the men also conducted several ...