The Apollo Space Program

Apollo, NASA and Artemis

Artemis mission shares office space—and physics—with Apollo

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago.

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The Apollo missions sent astronauts to the moon. With Artemis, NASA wants them to stay.

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From Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s moon program signals a shift in who gets to explore space

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NASA's Artemis II crew now on their way to the moon after engine burn

NASA completed the engine burn on April 2 that will send the four astronauts of Artemis II on their way around the moon — and deeper into space than any crew in more than 50 years.

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NASA shares pictures from Artemis II in space

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Central Texan helping run Mission Control for NASA’s Artemis II

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Lesson Plan: History of the American Space Program

This lesson details how NASA got from Alan Shepard rocketing into low orbit in 1961 to Neil Armstrong taking "one small step" on the lunar surface in 1969 and today's

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Artemis II’s long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon

While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: “Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?” After all, NASA had the know-how and technology to send humans to the lunar surface more than 50 years ago as part of the Apollo program.

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Artemis II engineer talks neckties, personal ties to the Apollo space program

On Wednesday, four astronauts blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center for a 10-day trip on the Artemis II mission to orbit the moon, further into space than a

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NASA's Artemis program: A new era in lunar exploration compared to Apollo

NASA's Artemis II mission signifies humanity's return to the moon, highlighting advancements since the Apollo program and addressing contemporary challenges in space exploration.

Apollo’s impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA’s return to the moon with Artemis II launch

Apollo’s old-timers are heartened that the 43-year-old Isaacman is accelerating the pace of Artemis launches to more closely match Apollo’s speed and safety record. Artemis has been trudging along at a once-every-three-years flight rate, which Isaacman deems unacceptable.

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U.S. Space Program

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, & Artemis II. NASA officials held a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to highlight progress on the upcoming Artem… “The ability to turn around our ...

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As NASA looks to Artemis II launch, space industry honors Apollo 1

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 34 sits as a preserved and haunting reminder of NASA’s first major tragedy — one which lives on in the agency’s culture as it prepares to send the ...