A personal reflection on space exploration, from Apollo to Artemis II, highlights triumphs, tragedies and human resilience.

The Artemis II launched from Florida, sending a crew of four astronauts on a mission around the moon, but before this could happen the Apollo 17 crew landed on the moon 50 years ago.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a ...

The shift from Apollo to Artemis is not just about naming—it captures a deeper transition from a race to reach the Moon to a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan spoke some of the last words from the surface of the moon on December 14, 1972: “And, as we leave the Moon ...

Neil A. Armstrong (left) and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., raise the American flag on the moon, July 20, 1969. NASA/National Geographic Image Collection Shawn Quinn was four years old when Apollo 11 ...

As he took his final steps before leaving the moon, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan had some poignant closing words: “We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for ...