Stare into the open hatch of Odyssey, the scarred Apollo 13 command module in which three American astronauts made their ...

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes ...

On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth after narrowly avoiding a deadly disaster in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ ...

The Artemis II crew splashed down April 10 after a record-breaking moon voyage, setting the stage for America's future crewed ...

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The Artemis II crew is a little more than halfway home — about 124,400 miles from Earth and 147,400 miles from the Moon, flying sideways. The Orion capsule is oriented with its back and solar panels ...

Before his death, Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell recorded a message for the Artemis II crew, who broke his Apollo 13 record.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before his death in 2025.

Surrounded by a vast dark expanse, huddled in sleeping bags with three of your friends in a space the size of a five-person tent. This isn’t a camping trip ‒ it’s life on Orion ‒ the spacecraft ...

IS ALL BLOWING THIS WAY. SO THAT’S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT CLEAR SKIES FOR THIS LAUNCH TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. TODAY IS A BIG DAY FOR NASA AND A BIG ONE FOR A MAN WHO HELPED MAKE SPACE TRAVEL POSSIBLE. CARL ...

They’ll be itching for a giant leap when this is done. Life onboard Artemis II’s moon-bound spaceship will be a cramped and possibly smelly affair. And it’s not a huge improvement from the last time ...

America is headed back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years this week if all goes well on NASA’s Cape Canaveral launchpad. But first, four astronauts have to go to the dark side of the ...