What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the crew of Apollo 13 into a 200,000-mile race for survival.

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes ...

NASA's Artemis II astronauts have made history by travelling farther from Earth than any humans ever have, surpassing the record set by Apollo 13 over 50 years ago. On 6 April 2026, the Orion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peering out the window of the Orion spacecraft at a sliver of the Earth illuminated by the blackness of space. This image was ...

The Artemis II astronauts have completed their record-breaking trip around the moon. Monday’s lunar journey comes after Artemis II surpassed Apollo 13’s distance record.

The crew of the Artemis II mission, already heralding a new era of lunar exploration, is poised to set a new distance record for human spaceflight. Having launched last week on the first human journey ...

The Artemis II astronauts broke NASA's Apollo 13 record for farthest human spaceflight, then traveled out to an unprecedented 252,756 miles from Earth.

HOUSTON (AP) — After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the ...

The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen set the record for the farthest distance from ...

Their flyby of the moon — NASA’s first return since the Apollo era — even included some celestial sightseeing besides yielding rich science. It was a ...

HOUSTON (AP) — After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the ...

HOUSTON -- After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far ...