Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the American flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission July 20, 1969. NASA hopes too return humans to the lunar surface by 2024, including the first-ever woman. (Photo: ...
Tufts University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. Female astronauts are currently less likely to be selected for missions than men because their bodies tend to hit NASA’s ...
Editor’s Note: This story was updated Nov. 15, 2022 to reflect a new launch window. Fifty years since the last American set foot on the moon, NASA is preparing to return to lunar orbit in the first ...
(CNN) — It’s time to go back to the moon. Almost 50 years after the last Apollo mission ventured to the lunar surface, NASA has established a program that promises to land humans on unexplored lunar ...