On May 25 1961, before a joint session of Congress, President John F. Kennedy committed the US to the goal, before the decade was out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, NASA said the Artemis II mission has carried a collection of historic mementos. Among them was a flag originally designated

NASA's Artemis II astronauts have made history by travelling farther from Earth than any humans ever have, surpassing the record set by Apollo 13 over 50 years ago. On 6 April 2026, the Orion spacecraft carrying the four-person crew completed a ...

Watching the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis II moonshot deploy its parachutes and glide down to land in the Pacific

At this point in NASA's human spaceflight story, researchers have a substantial amount of material—documents, artifacts and images—with which to tell the stories of past flights to space. But with NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon now in the books,

but also the spirit of discovery that inspires people worldwide.

A 93-year-old Arizona Apollo engineer is reflecting on his role designing the backpack antenna that transmitted Neil Armstrong’s first words from the moon.

Neil Armstrong's inspirational quote highlights the innate human drive to face challenges and explore the unknown, emphasizing the significance of curiosity and ambition in space exploration and beyond.