A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's ... also gifted by the U.S. This sample from Apollo 17, mounted on a plaque featuring the Irish tricolor, found a more stable, albeit ...

Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 traveled ever farther and collected more moon rocks on their missions. Apollo 13: Lunar Module Turned Lifeboat In April 1970, an explosion in an oxygen ...

"We leave as we came... with peace and hope for all mankind," Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan said as he took man's last steps on the moon. It's been 45 years since the launch of Apollo 17 ...

A lunar rock sample collected in 1972 by Apollo 17 — the final U.S. moon mission — once held a place of honor on a shelf in President Joe Biden's Oval Office. It was a gift from NASA ...