Apollo 17
Every Night and Every Morning, the Moon Rumbles With Tiny Quakes
A new study from Caltech shows that the moon experiences "moonquakes" with precise regularity, like a "lunar alarm clock."
50-Year-Old Lunar Samples are Opened up for the First Time
NASA's Apollo missions to the Moon brought back about 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of samples, including rocks, rock cores, rock,…
Apollo 17 Astronauts Brought Home Samples From the Oldest Impact Crater on the Moon
Internal geological processes on the moon are almost non-existent. However, when it gets smacked by a space rock, its surface…
What the Astronauts Saw as They Orbited the Moon During Apollo 17
This view always gets me *right there.* But this new version really gets me. This is what Apollo 17 astronauts…
Station Astronauts Unload Cygnus Science; Antares Launch Gallery
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now busily unloading nearly four tons of…
S.S Gene Cernan Honoring Last Moonwalker Arrives at International Space Station Carrying Tons of Research Gear and Supplies
The S.S. Gene Cernan Cygnus spacecraft named in honor of the Apollo 17 lunar landing commander and launched by Orbital…
Orbital ATK Antares Rocket Set for Breakfast Blastoff from Virginia to Space Station with S.S. Gene Cernan Cargo Freighter Nov. 11: Watch Live
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The Orbital ATK Antares rocket is all set for a breakfast time blastoff from…
Gene Cernan, Last Man on the Moon, Honored at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, and one of…
Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, Has Died
One of Apollo’s finest, astronaut Gene Cernan, has left Earth for the last time. Cernan, the last man to walk…
How NASA Filmed Humans Last Leaving The Moon, 42 Years Ago
When Apollo 17 lifted off from the moon, a camera captured the movements of the spacecraft -- even though nobody…