Closely followed by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the duo were the first of 12 people who have walked on the moon in what was termed the Apollo missions. There are 24 people in all who have made the ...

both by the Soviet Union and the U.S. These eventually led to the success of the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first two people on the moon. As for Luna 9, it remains in the lunar surface ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

The uncrewed Artemis I mission successfully sent the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back in 2022. The first crewed mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to launch in April 2026. It won’t land ...

That is also the year NASA plans to land the first people on the moon in 55 years as part of the Artemis III mission. The fact that NASA is going ahead with VIPER and is trying to arrange for a ...