A tiny sample of the Moon locked away for more than 50 years turns out to have been hiding an astronomical secret.

Do moon rocks age like wine? Scientists are about to find out. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA scientists are about to find ...

Liftoff of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first ...

Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972. The somberness of the anniversary is offset by the scenes of Artemis I’s recently concluded mission. Apollo 17, left, ...

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It has now been 50 years since astronauts last launched to the moon. NASA's Apollo 17 mission lifted off on Dec. 7, 1972, sending Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans toward Earth's nearest ...

HOUSTON – Fifty years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Johnson Space Center is taking the lead in a major milestone – the opening of lunar sample from the last Apollo mission, Apollo 17. In 1972, Commander ...

Fifty years ago this month, American astronaut Eugene Cernan surveyed the infinite beauty of the Moon's Taurus–Littrow region. He then took his final steps on its surface and climbed in to join his ...

NASA is now targeting February 2026 for the first crewed journey back to the Moon in more than half a century, a mission that ...

UNDATED (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - The abandoned Apollo 17 lander has been causing tremors on the moon. A new study in theJournal of Geophysical Research: Planetsfound the spacecraft, which was left ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the December 1972 issue of Popular Science, writer Alden P ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1816, Indiana joined the United States as its 19th state. In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.