NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon.

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On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and ...

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At its closest approach to the Moon, the Orion spacecraft is projected to reach a peak velocity of approximately 8,280 ...

My younger executive coaching clients usually know nothing about the Apollo 13 rescue. Older clients know of it, but few know the details. Yet the story offers us fresh insights into what it takes to ...

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a joint session of Congress that America “should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon.” He ...

After a fairly eventful mission to the Moon's surface, Charles Duke left several items on the Moon, and a message to whoever ...

Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

Although it’s been 52 years since the Apollo 11 mission first took man to the moon and 30 years since Tom Hanks famously told Houston that he had a problem in the film “Apollo 13,” Vacaville residents ...

The Apollo missions showed exact science at work. Each part needed to be close to perfection from start to finish. NASA succeeded with 1960s tools—a remarkable feat. Though it was still cutting-edge ...