A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.

Before the crew of Apollo 11 brought back the first moon rocks, many thought such artifacts might first be found by a 12-year-old from Iowa. Amazingly, there was a time when people were betting on ...

wp:paragraph --> After 50 years, you’d think there is no picture of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing that hasn ... camera perched on a flat-topped rock in the background.

China is allowing six nations, including the United States, to examine moon rocks on loan from the 2020 Chinese Chang'e-5 ...

It may sound silly now, but there was real concern in 1969 that Apollo 11 might bring back something ... building where NASA stores most of the moon rocks it has. They took a 600-pound safe ...

Cade Martin It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by 19 by 11.7 ... of the moon, Apollo 12 astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. holds a scoop for collecting samples. Somehow, the rock Conrad ...

Chinese researchers have not been able to access Nasa's Moon samples because of restrictions imposed by US lawmakers on the ...

In a fascinating intersection of space exploration and Earth science, NASA’s Apollo astronauts once trained on the alien-like lava fields of Idaho’s Craters of the Moon, preparing to explore the ...

An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece.

China's space agency is sharing moon rock samples from the Chang'e-5 mission with US universities, broadening international ...

The borough of Apollo first celebrated the landmark moon landing on ... year included an Apollo 11 interactive journey through the solar system, live entertainment, rock climbing wall, pizza ...