NASA concept art depicting the Apollo 13 mission (which never actually made it to the lunar surface). Illustration: NASA Start Slideshow I’ve always been a huge fan of NASA’s concept art ...

In the 1960s, NASA created concept art showing every phase of an Apollo mission. The timing of mission events varied from flight to flight, particularly since later missions spent more time ...

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but it was too late. The Apollo 11 crew had a design for the first moon landing. Armstrong's ...

The agency announced contract awards to three companies to develop competing designs for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle, or LTV, similar in concept to the rovers that carried the last three Apollo crews ...

When the astronauts of Apollo 11 went to the moon in July 1969, NASA was worried about their safety during the complex flight. The agency was also worried about what the spacefarers might bring ...

Although the budget is a fraction of that devoted to Apollo ($32.37bn in the 2023 fiscal year), Nasa's latest economic report claims that the lunar programme has already produced $20.1bn (£16bn ...

One of the early Apollo astronauts has died. Walt Cunningham died Tuesday after complications from a fall. He was 90. Walt Cunningham flew in space just one time. His flight in 1968 was an ...

But NASA also knew that the risk of the Apollo 11 astronauts bringing home a space plague was extremely low. They played up their ability to contain a microbial threat so as not to panic the public.

Apollo 13 Illustration: NASA. A very cool concept image depicting the Apollo 13 mission in 1970, which famously never reached the lunar surface.

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but it was too late. The Apollo 11 crew had a design for the first moon landing. Armstrong's note and the patch idea that inspired it are now up for auction.