On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the ...

NASA's Artemis launch will send a new rocket into orbit, marking the space agency's return to the moon since Apollo in 1971. See how the missions compare.

Surveyor 2 blasted off for the Moon on September 20, 1966. The lander was supposed to scout possible landing sites for the Apollo missions, but shortly after Surveyor 2 separated from its Centaur ...

Liftoff of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the ...