The Lunar Module (LM) was a key part of NASA’s Apollo program, responsible for carrying astronauts from lunar orbit to the ...

With the Moon and beyond squarely in its sights, Lunar Outpost is ready to bring the LTV to deep space sooner rather than ...

The private Japanese spacecraft "Resilience" has seemingly been destroyed in a "hard landing" on the moon on Thursday. The lander was carrying what would have been the first European-built rover to ...

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board: John ...

Apollo 17 Apollo 17 (1972) broke the mold a bit. Gene Cernan commanded the mission and Harrison “Jack” Schmidt, a geologist and the only scientist to fly on Apollo, was the lunar module pilot.

This picture was taken by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. Most of the samples collected during the Apollo era have already been scrutinized. To take advantage of new science and ...

Lunar Module pilot Charles Duke saluting the US flag during Apollo 16. (Credit: NASA) Imagine: you spent years training for a sojourn to the Moon, flew there on top of a Saturn V rocket as part of ...

Ken 'TK' Mattingly, an American astronaut best known for his role in securing the safe return of NASA's Apollo 13 mission, passed away at the age of 87 on Tuesday, according to NASA.

Ken Mattingly, right, aboard a command module training vessel in Houston in 1972 as he prepared for Apollo 16, the next-to-last manned mission to the moon. NASA ...

The 1972 Apollo 17 lunar module’s ascent from the Moon was captured by a camera mounted on a rover left behind on the lunar surface and controlled from Earth, although social media posts are ...