The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, kind of like an oval, which means its distance from Earth varies by about 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The surface of the moon ...

As of 2025, only twelve people have ever set foot on the moon—all of them American astronauts from NASA’s Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972. It took six missions to make it happen, with Neil ...

As astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, stepped onto the moon July 20, 1969, he uttered the famous phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” ...

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 - [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the first ...

The first words uttered by a human standing on the moon are iconic. But so are the words from the second brazen astronaut. "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation," marveled NASA astronaut Buzz ...

The Space Launch System rocket that will propel an uncrewed Orion capsule to the moon in the Artemis 1 mission is the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built. It weighs 5.75 million pounds when fully ...

It’s been over 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission landed humans on the moon, and in that time, we’ve learned a lot more about what happened during that historic event. Here are five facts that you ...

Skywatchers worldwide are in for a spectacular show on September 7–8, as a total lunar eclipse, popularly called a Blood Moon or Chandra Grahan, lights up the night sky. With its long total phase and ...