New research using moon rocks from the Apollo missions has revealed hidden dangers facing future astronauts. The study, ...

NASA is celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 16 mission which touched down on the Moon on April 21. Besides being ...

calls it and its handful of fellows “rock boxes,” because of what they do: ferry samples from the lunar surface to a laboratory back on Earth. The Apollo missions landed on the moon six ...

Some rock samples included previously ... which was named after the three astronauts of Apollo 11. It wasn’t until May 1961 that Kennedy decided that a moon mission gave the U.S. enough time ...

During the historic Apollo missions, astronauts left more than just footprints and flags on the Moon — they also left behind ...

(CBS) – On this day in history, April 16, 1972, the Apollo 16 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke spent a record-breaking 71 hours on the moon. The ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth ...