On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon.

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The 50th anniversary of humanity's second moon-landing mission is today (Nov. 14), and NASA has ...

A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface ...

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It was 50 years ago Monday (April 13) that the Apollo 13 crew famously told NASA: "Houston, we've ...

The Cold War space race began with the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. The United States responded with the launch of Explorer 1, which discovered the Van Allen ...

NASA has also compiled those images into an immersive 360-degree photo, which users can click and spin their way through over at its Facebook page. Click through to the gallery to see more of these ...

Ever since Apollo 11 carried the first people to the Moon, NASA has vowed that it will surpass its most historic achievement — either by returning to the Moon or by sending people to Mars. But after ...