Today is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo ...

As of 2025, only twelve people have ever set foot on the moon—all of them American astronauts from NASA’s Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972. It took six missions to make it happen, with ...

Quick facts about the moon. How far away it is: An average of 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers) from our planet How big it is: 2,159 miles (3,475 km) across, or about one-fourth our planet's size ...

International Moon Day 2025 on July 20 honors lunar exploration and unity with the theme 'One Moon, One Vision, One Future.' ...

In 2009, a Nasa satellite first discovered ice on the moon, debunking the former belief that it was completely arid. Scientists once believed the moon to be bone dry.

Earth's only natural satellite has entranced artists, astronomers, and scientists since the beginning of time. Here are 19 facts about the moon.

Long ago, the Moon had active volcanoes, but they have been silent for millions of years. Photo Credit: NASA The Moon’s radius is 1,080 miles (1,740 km)- less than one-third the size of Earth.

Not all full moons are created equal, with supermoons appearing larger than other full moons. Learn about this and other lunar facts, such as how the moon was formed and what are moonquakes.

The first moon landing on July 20, 1969, was one of the great achievements in human history. These 8 facts highlight the way it still captures the human imagination today.

Sometime in the next year, NASA will open three new samples that have been in storage since they were brought to Earth in the 1970s. Managers at the agency want to train a new generation of ...

NASA's CAPSTONE mini-spacecraft recently marked its 100th trip around the moon in near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO). The agency has just granted CAPSTONE a mission extension after operating in ...

5 fast facts about the moon. The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, ... NASA has spotted water on the moon. The same side of the moon always faces Earth.