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  1. Why Has It Been 50 Years Since Humans Went to the Moon?

    Fifty years ago, on December 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific. They were the last humans to visit the Moon —and the last to be more than 400 miles from the Earth. Since that date, astronauts have only been in low Earth orbit. It is thus richly symbolic that NASA's Artemis I mission had its own Pacific ...

  2. Astronauts explain why no human has visited the moon in 50 years

    Feb 23, 2024, 9:23 AM PST. Apollo 11 astronauts planted a flag on the moon on July 20, 1969. NASA. The last time a person visited the moon was in December 1972, during NASA's Apollo 17 mission ...

  3. 50 years since the last Apollo astronauts went to the moon, NASA is

    NASA marks 50 years since the final Apollo moon mission as it works to return December 7, 1972 was the launch of the final mission in NASA's Apollo moon program. Fifty years later, NASA finally ...

  4. Why did we stop going to the Moon?

    Why NASA stopped going to the moon. The race to land humans on the Moon was kickstarted by President John F. Kennedy's 1962 speech at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, now known as the 'We Choose to go to the Moon' speech. In the speech, Kennedy committed to getting a human to walk on the Moon by the end of the decade: "And this will be ...

  5. Apollo 17: Inside NASA's Final Moon Landing Mission

    Apollo 17 Sends the First Scientist to Space. The mission began on December 7, 1972 when, at 33 minutes past midnight, the engines of a Saturn V rocket erupted and bathed Florida's Cape ...

  6. The last of the Moon men: the stories of the surviving Apollo ...

    Schmitt was part of the last crewed mission to the Moon, Apollo 17, and along with commander Eugene Cernan, one of the last two men to set foot on the lunar surface, in December 1972. After ...

  7. Space exploration

    Space exploration - Milestones, Achievements, History: The first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. The first human to go into space, Yuri Gagarin, was launched, again by the Soviet Union, for a one-orbit journey around Earth on April 12, 1961. Within 10 years of that first human flight, American astronauts walked on the surface of the Moon.

  8. The History of Space Exploration

    In addition to launching the first artificial satellite, the first dog in space, and the first human in space, the Soviet Union achieved other space milestones ahead of the United States. These milestones included Luna 2, which became the first human-made object to hit the Moon in 1959. Soon after that, the U.S.S.R. launched Luna 3.

  9. Space News

    Space.com is your source for the latest astronomy news and space discoveries, live coverage of space flights and the science of space travel. | Space

  10. Last trip to the moon

    Dec. 13, 2013 marks the 41st anniversary of the last moonwalk. Apollo 17 crew members Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt began their final surface mission at 10:25 p.m. Dec. 13, 1972. The moonwalk ...

  11. Space exploration

    Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. [1] While the exploration of space is currently carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration is conducted both by uncrewed robotic space probes and human spaceflight. Space exploration, like its classical form astronomy, is one ...

  12. Space exploration

    space exploration, investigation, by means of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft, of the reaches of the universe beyond Earth 's atmosphere and the use of the information so gained to increase knowledge of the cosmos and benefit humanity. A complete list of all crewed spaceflights, with details on each mission's accomplishments and crew, is ...

  13. Inside NASA's monthslong effort to rescue the Voyager 1 mission

    In 2012, Voyager 1 ventured beyond the solar system, becoming the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, or the space between stars. Voyager 2 followed suit in 2018. Voyager 2 ...

  14. The 10 biggest space science stories of 2021

    Solar system surveys have revealed new moons and massive comets previously lurking undetected by scientists. The sun has also been a main attraction for research as it reawakens from its recent ...

  15. Space Tourism Is Here: Booking a Trip to the Final Frontier

    An American real estate investor, a Canadian investor, a former Israeli Air Force pilot, and an ex-Space Shuttle pilot will launch on an incredible orbital mission in its Crew Dragon spacecraft ...

  16. Jupiter: Exploration

    Jupiter Exploration. While Jupiter has been known since ancient times, the first detailed observations of this planet were made by Galileo Galilei in 1610 with a small telescope. More recently, this planet has been visited by passing spacecraft, orbiters and probes. Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 were the first to fly by Jupiter in the ...

  17. Virgin Galactic

    The future of space travel has arrived. Virgin Galactic is launching a new space age, where all are invited along for the ride.

  18. Meet the NASA astronauts who will be first to fly on Boeing's Starliner

    A Tennessee native, he piloted the space shuttle Atlantis to the space station in 2009, and also launched to the orbiting outpost aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2014 as a member of the space ...

  19. John Glenn

    John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 - December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician.He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at the age of 77.

  20. Hubble's Last Visit To Be Relived in 3-D

    Hubble's Last Visit To Be Relived in 3-D. Eight pairs of eyes were trained on the Hubble SpaceTelescope on Tuesday as it was released into orbit after spending a weekberthed in space shuttle ...

  21. Last Exit: Space (2022)

    Last Exit: Space: Directed by Rudolph Herzog. With Werner Herzog, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Lucianne Walkowicz. Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.

  22. Voyager 1: Contact restored with distant space probe, NASA says

    Contact restored. That was the message relieved NASA officials shared after the agency regained full contact with the Voyager 1 space probe, the most distant human-made object in the universe ...

  23. 'Last Exit: Space' does a reality check on space settlement

    In a documentary titled "Last Exit: Space," Rudolph Herzog and his father, Werner Herzog, take a quirky, critical look at the idea of building cities in space.

  24. Astronauts arrive in T-38 Talon jet planes to prepare for NASA's ...

    The capsule will travel to the International Space Station atop an Atlas V rocket that's set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 on May 6.

  25. Visit Space Coast

    May 16, 2024 - May 19, 2024. Time start: 8:00 AM. This year, Thunder on Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat races will be returning for its 15th year on Florida's Space Coast, scheduled for May 16-19, 2024. Join us for 4 days and nights of parties and lots of racing action. The Space Coast Super Boat Grand Prix is one of the...

  26. Last Visit on Steam

    Last Visit is a combination of an adventure game and survival horror. Discover a captivating story full of secrets and fear. Dark atmosphere, constant sense of danger and various puzzles will make you never forget this experience. ... Storage: 5 GB available space; Additional Notes: Free space in the AppData folder * Starting January 1st, 2024 ...

  27. 'Cabs to get into space': How this Indian startup wants to ...

    India is one of the world's top spacefaring nations. It is the first Asian country to reach Mars orbit, and the fourth on the planet to take a spacecraft to the moon, landing closer to the south ...

  28. SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on company's 40th mission of 2024

    Liftoff occurred at 6:40 p.m. ET today (April 18). SpaceX launched its 40th mission of the year this evening (April 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the company's Starlink internet satellites ...

  29. Russia's Putin says he plans to visit China in May

    The trip is likely to be the first overseas visit of Putin's new six-year term, following an election in March. He last visited China in October 2023.

  30. Famous museums you can spend the night at

    Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida. Best for: space nerds NASA's epic visitor centre at Cape Canaveral, home of many of the US's space launches, runs sleepovers in two different but ...