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Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space is on a mission to ensure that interstellar travel within 100 years is all-inclusive.

NASA is going over data from its Orion crew capsule before declaring the mission a success. The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville is managing the spacecraft and the new rocket that launched it to Earth orbit.

The images by Cheshire-based author Andy Saunders capture in amazing detail what Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt saw during their mission in 1972.

In 1972, Apollo 17 became the last manned mission to visit the moon. Does a bloated NASA-centric model for space exploration still make sense?

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space capsule hurtled toward the moon Wednesday for the first time in 50 years, following a thunderous launch of NASA’s mightiest rocket in a dress rehearsal for astronaut flights.

NASA news: NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday.

Wednesday's Florida launch brings the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program.

A space capsule is hurtling toward the moon for the first time in 50 years. The spacecraft with three test dummies aboard launched on top of NASA’s new moon rocket

NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight Wednesday with three test dummies aboard its spacecraft called Orion.,

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space capsule hurtled toward the moon Wednesday for the first time in 50 years, following a thunderous launch of NASA’s