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The surviving pioneers who sent humans to the moon in the 1960s and 70s are finally seeing NASA return to lunar exploration, and they're cheering louder than anyone. Now in their 80s and 90s, these space heroes just wish it hadn't taken 53 years.
Four astronauts heading to the moon next month will feast on tortillas, hot sauce, and chocolate during their historic journey. NASA's menu planning shows how far space food has come since Apollo.
The four astronauts heading to the moon this April will make history with more than just their journey. Unlike Apollo crews who used plastic bags in the open, they'll have an actual toilet with a door.
The brains behind America's greatest space achievements weren't just astronauts. They were young engineers in their 20s, working from a revolutionary room that changed how humans explore space.
When Artemis II launches in 2026, it won't just be a historic return to the Moon. The Houston mission control running the show looks nothing like the all-male Apollo teams that came before.
NASA's new leadership is bringing fresh realism to America's Moon program, with plans to establish a permanent lunar base that won't be abandoned like the Apollo missions. The shift marks a bold commitment to sustained space exploration, even as China races to land astronauts first.
NASA is trading an orbiting space station for something bolder: a $20 billion base on the moon's surface and a nuclear-powered spacecraft headed to Mars. The sweeping changes signal America's most ambitious push into deep space since the Apollo missions ended in 1972.
NASA is redirecting its space exploration strategy with a $20 billion investment to build a permanent base on the moon's surface, while also launching a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028. The bold shift marks America's most ambitious space initiative since the Apollo missions ended in 1972.
A 43-year-old patient walked out of Apollo Hospital in Visakhapatnam after surgeons performed a groundbreaking cardiac procedure never before done in the city. The David procedure saved his life while preserving his own heart valve. ##
Scientists are using "digital twins"—virtual replicas of forests, wildlife habitats, and even entire ecosystems—to test conservation strategies without risking real environments. This technology, once used to save Apollo 13 astronauts, is now tackling Earth's biodiversity crisis.
NASA just announced a bold overhaul of its Artemis moon program, aiming to land astronauts on the lunar surface twice in 2028. The new approach mirrors the rapid launch pace of the historic Apollo missions that first put humans on the moon.
Scientists finally cracked a 50-year puzzle about the moon's magnetic past using rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts. The answer? Both theories were right.
NASA is transforming its Artemis moon program by adopting Apollo's rapid-fire approach, adding practice flights and aiming for two moon landings by 2028. The space agency is ditching slow timelines in favor of the quick succession that put 12 astronauts on the moon half a century ago.
Scientists just cracked a decades-old puzzle about the moon's magnetic past using rocks collected over 50 years ago. The answer was hiding in plain sight all along.
Scientists are finally closing in on Luna 9, the Soviet spacecraft that made history as the first object to safely land on the moon in 1966. Two research teams, including one using AI trained on Apollo landing sites, may have pinpointed where the beach ball-sized probe has been hiding for six decades.
On February 6, 1971, Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard smuggled a golf club head to the moon and took humanity's most memorable sports shot. The six-iron head, which he fitted to a lunar sample scoop handle, now sits in the US Golf Association Hall of Fame.
More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA is weeks away from launching the first crewed flight around the moon since 1972. Engineers at NASA Langley in Virginia are making final preparations to ensure the Artemis II crew returns home safely.
After analyzing 50-year-old lunar soil from Apollo missions, NASA scientists discovered that meteorites delivered far less water to Earth than previously thought. The finding rewrites our understanding of where Earth's oceans came from.