Often overlooked in the shadow of Apollo 11, Apollo 12 was a mission of remarkable achievements and quiet heroism. Launched ...

While collecting seemingly harmless rock samples and setting up an early warning system meant to detect inbound Soviet missiles, Walker and Anderson learn the hard way that their own government ...

NASA is about to open one of its last remaining lunar samples that was sealed by Apollo astronauts while on the moon nearly 50 years ago.

Apollo Lunar Sample Container No. 1008, triple-sealed, in which the Apollo 12 astronauts transported invaluable samples of moon back to Earth. Cade Martin It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by ...

(CNN) — Lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed.

Chinas Change-6 Mission Released First Analyses Of Rock Samples From The Moon's Far Side: Results Indicate Volcanic Activity Back in June, China's Chang'e 6 landed on the far side of the moon.

New analyses of moon rocks delivered to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission confirm that volcanism occurred later than previously known, but also deepen the mysteries surrounding that activity.

A small moon rock gifted to Cambodia by the United States amid the Vietnam War has resurfaced after being all but lost to time and strife.

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 \u2014 the last time people walked on the moon \u2014 U.S. astronauts collected about 243 pounds of soil and rock samples. A rock fragment shows the moon is ...

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 - the last time people walked on the moon - U.S. astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected about 243 pounds (110.4 kg) of soil and rock samples ...