Moon
What You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Mission
From JFK's real motives to the Soviets' secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of an unlikely triumph 50 years ago
We Chose to Go to the Moon
A collection of stories to celebrate the semicentennial of the Apollo 11 mission
In Celebration of 50 Years Since the Moon Landing, Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit Set to Return to Public View
Duplicates of the 3D scanned historic Apollo artifact will also tour Major League ballparks this summer
A Smithsonian Curator Reflects on Apollo 10, the Mission That Made Landing on the Moon Possible
Fifty years ago, the astronauts who crewed the “dress rehearsal” for Apollo 11 paved the way for history to be made just a couple months later
Yes, the United States Certainly DID Land Humans on the Moon
Moon-landing deniers, says space scholar and former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, are full of stuff and nonsense
The Moon Is Slowly Shrinking, Which May Be Causing 'Moonquakes' on Its Surface
Analysis of seismic data collected on the Apollo missions shows the moon is probably tectonically active
NASA Detects First 'Marsquake'
A 2 to 2.5 magnitude quake on the Red Planet is the first seismic activity detected outside the Earth and the Moon
What the Obsolete Art of Mapping the Skies on Glass Plates Can Still Teach Us
The first pictures of the sky were taken on glass photographic plates, and these treasured artifacts can still help scientists make discoveries today
NASA Considers a Rover Mission to Go Cave Diving on the Moon
The deep caverns and pits that dot the lunar surface could hold clues to the moon's history and perhaps provide shelter for future human exploration
Israel's Private Lunar Lander Blasts Off for the Moon
The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet will gradually raise its orbit to reach the moon, landing after about a month and a half of flight
Earth’s Oldest Known Rock May Have Been Found on the Moon
Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut in space, collected the rock sample during Apollo 14
A Meteor Struck the Moon During Sunday’s Total Eclipse
It may be the first time that such an event was documented from Earth
Ten Stunning Photos of the Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse
A lunar eclipse was visible across much of the world last night, bathing the moon in a reddish glow
The Cotton Plant That Sprouted on the Far Side of the Moon Has Died
China, which is manning the first probe to land on the lunar far side, was hoping to find out how plants fare in outer space
Oysters Open and Close Their Shells as the Moon Wanes and Waxes
A new study suggests the mollusks may widen and narrow their shells depending on movement of plankton, which shifts with the lunar cycle
Ring in the New Year With Dazzling Total Lunar Eclipse of a Supermoon
The celestial show will be visible on the East Coast around 12:12 a.m. on January 21, 2019
The 17th-Century Astronomer Who Made the First Atlas of the Moon
Johannes Hevelius drew some of the first maps of the moon, praised for their detail, from his homemade rooftop observatory in the Kingdom of Poland
The Missions to the Moon That Never Left the Drawing Board
From pioneers of science fiction to the height of the space race, these are the ideas for lunar flight that never launched
NASA Won’t Be Going ‘Back’ to the Moon—It Wants to Go Beyond It
At a 50th-anniversary event for Apollo 8, NASA’s Jim Bridenstine envisioned the moon’s potential for future space exploration
How Apollo 8 ‘Saved 1968’
The unforgettable, 99.9 percent perfect, December moon mission marked the end of a tumultuous year
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