Fifty-seven years ago, three American astronauts set forth on one of the most audacious and inspiring journeys in human history. In late December 1968, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...

Nearly 60 years ago, three Americans made history as the first humans to ever break free of Earth's orbit on their way toward the moon. And when they passed behind the moon to the side Earth never ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Artemis II mission, set to take off as early as Wednesday, and fly around the moon, is just the latest chapter in a long ...

Apollo 8 was a bold and unprecedented mission in 1968, becoming the first human flight to orbit the Moon and a significant landmark in space history. During its historic Christmas Eve broadcast, the ...

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders adjlusts his helmet while suiting up for his 1968 moon mission. (NASA Photo) Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped the iconic “Earthrise” photo of our planet as ...

As Eugene Cernan took his last steps on the lunar surface, the Apollo 17 commander promised to come back. “As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow,” Cernan said Dec. 13, 1972, “we leave as we came and, ...

Former astronaut William “Bill” Anders, who took a famous photo of the Earth during the Apollo 8 moon mission, died in a plane crash off the San Juan Islands on Friday. His son, Greg Anders, confirmed ...

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95. Borman died ...

American astronaut William Anders — who was a member of the Apollo 8 crew — was killed while piloting a plane that crashed off the Washington coast Friday, according to a report. He was 90. “The ...