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I was strolling on the moon one day. After decades of waiting, we're going back to the moon. I'm Eric Jones, and this is the Archive Explained. NASA's Artemis mission has already sent *** manned ...

Four NASA astronauts are set for a historic journey around the back side of the moon when they launch to the heavens from Florida Wednesday evening and mark man’s return to the lunar area for the ...

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt explains why exploring the Moon continues to be important.

NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon, which is seen as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars. The upcoming Artemis II mission will be a 10-day test flight circling the moon ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – It was 1972 and Apollo astronauts Harrison “Jack” Schmitt and Eugene Cernan had just stepped onto the moon's surface to begin collecting rock and soil samples. The mission would ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: But amid the chaos of such a well-deserved hurrah, a question naturally surfaces: Why in the world did it take us so long to get back to the Moon?