OTD In Space - December 21: Apollo 8 Launches to the Moon

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Apollo 17 Splashes Down For the Final Time in 1972

Apollo 17, the final NASA mission to send humans to the Moon for Project Apollo, splashed down on this day in 1972. [...] ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

On Apollo 11 lunar landing anniversary, we look at future missions to the moon

Today is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo program and the new Artemis program to return to the lunar surface. Screenshot ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Apollo 8 saved 1968, can Artemis 2 pull off a 2026 encore?

The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a ...

2026 will be the year NASA astronauts fly around the moon again — if all goes to plan

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...
The Vindicator

Valley historian reflects on Apollo 17 mission to moon

LIBERTY — The historic late 1972 launch of the Apollo 17 mission to the moon represented more than a space expedition to merely collect rock samples from the lunar landscape while making history: It ...