As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke supports NASA's Artemis program, calling it a 'great adventure' and the start of a permanent lunar presence.

The Artemis 2 astronauts are the first people to journey toward the moon since 1972. Why has it taken us more than half a century to go back?

The rocket successfully lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, at 6:35 pm Eastern Time on Wednesday.

From outdated tech to funding hurdles, here’s why astronauts haven’t landed on the moon in over five decades

As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between Apollo and NASA’s new Artemis program are inevitable.

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from

Harrison Schmitt, now 90, was on the Apollo 17 mission — the last time humans visited the moon. On Wednesday, NASA's Artemis II mission aims to kickstart a return.

The voyage will be the first manned mission to lay eyes close to the moon since the end of the Apollo program, launched on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19, 1972. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent over three days on the lunar surface in the Taurus-Littrow valley,