moon mission

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth and is headed toward the moon.

NASA has completed an engine test firing of its moon rocket, after the first attempt in January ended prematurely.

A Chinese space capsule has returned to Earth with the first fresh rock samples from the moon in more than 40 years

Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover, died Wednesday at age 88. Worden died in his sleep at a rehab center in Houston following treatment for an infection, said friend and colleague Tom Kallman. “Al was an American hero whose achievements in space and on Earth…