The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, kind of like an oval, which means its distance from Earth varies by about 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The surface of the moon ...

As of 2025, only twelve people have ever set foot on the moon—all of them American astronauts from NASA’s Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972. It took six missions to make it happen, with Neil ...

The Moon Holds Way More Water Than Previously Imagined Space experts have discovered something incredible about lunar water distribution that challenges everything we thought we knew. According to a ...

The first words uttered by a human standing on the moon are iconic. But so are the words from the second brazen astronaut. "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation," marveled NASA astronaut Buzz ...

Twelve American astronauts participated in the Apollo missions (11-17), with the first Moon landing occurring on July 20, 1969, and the last on December 14, 1972. The Moon's surface gravity is ...

The next full moon will officially be 100% illuminated at 2:26 p.m. EDT (1826 GMT) on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. But it won't be just any old full moon, it will be a Supermoon Blue Moon! The exact ...

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago from debris ejected after a massive impact with Earth. Despite appearing the same size as the Sun from Earth, ...