The crash sites of most are known - but no-one is quite sure where the ascent stages of Apollo 11's module Eagle or Apollo 16's module Orion ended up.

The mission effectively marked the start of NASA's ambitious Artemis program, which plans to return astronauts to the moon by the end of this decade.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Although this week’s spectacular NASA night launch was all about the ...

The launch of the Artemis II mission has been pushed to April 2026 after an investigation into the Orion spacecraft's heat shield.

Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20 ... more than two million pounds of thrust to send astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission," NASA said. "Once at Kennedy, teams ...