are the first to return lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s. Together they are building on what scientists learned from Apollo-era missions, helping to unravel mysteries about how the Moon was ...

During the eight-day mission beginning on May 18, 1969, Tom Stafford ... 17 traveled ever farther and collected more moon rocks on their missions. Apollo 13: Lunar Module Turned Lifeboat In ...

The last time NASA collected data on the heat emerging from the moon's interior was when the space agency still sent ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

Astronauts collected nearly 50 pounds of moon samples, and that was only the beginning. The Apollo missions, which ran from 1961 to 1975, have brought over 800 pounds of lunar rock to Earth ...