Moon Mission

A photo of the Orion capsule during NASA's uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022. (Image credit: NASA) NASA is asking citizen scientists, space industry employees and other volunteers to help them track the first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years. The agency put out…

As four astronauts venture around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II test flight in 2026, many people will support the journey from here on Earth. Teams directing operations from the ground include the mission management team, launch control team, flight control team, and the landing and recovery team, each with…

Lauren E. Low Aug 20, 2025 Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Aug. 22, 2025, to reflect updated event times. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Aug. 20, 2025, to reflect a change in the Artemis II Science and Technology Briefing participants. Lee esta nota de prensa en…

Lunar Trailblazer was set to map the Moon’s water in unprecedented detail but was lost after a communications failure soon after launch. Global tracking efforts failed to revive it, yet its technology and lessons learned will aid future missions. Mission Ends After Communication Loss NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission officially concluded…

Official NASA portrait of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell. (Image credit: NASA) NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who helped turn the near-disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission into an inspiring tale of ingenuity and survival, has died at the age of 97. Jim Lovell passed away on Thursday (Aug.…

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Apollo 13 director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer paid tribute today to Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated moon mission on which they based their hit 1995 movie. The astronaut died Thursday at 97. “Jim Lovell was a true American hero whose courage, intellect and grace under pressure inspired…

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died pn Thursday (August 7, 2025) in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday. "Jim's character and steadfast courage helped…

China's plan to launch astronauts to the moon has taken a major step forward. The country subjected its "Lanyue" two-person lunar lander to a comprehensive landing and takeoff verification test this week at a unique facility in Huailai County, in northern China's Hebei Province. Lanyue, whose name means "embracing the…

The small satellite was to map lunar water, but operators lost contact with the spacecraft the day after launch and were unable to recover the mission. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable to establish two-way communications after…