HOUSTON, Texas -- The children of Apollo-era astronauts shared stories of growing up with space exploration heroes Thursday at Space Center Houston. Fifty years ago this week, millions watched as ...

Because the soil is similar to that found on Mars and the moon, astronauts practiced collecting soil samples and driving lunar vehicles.

Apollo 17, the final crewed lunar landing mission, aimed to collect highland samples crucial for completing the understanding of lunar evolution, unlike previous missions focused on lowland maria.

An unassuming rock collected from the surface of the moon over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt could completely alter what we thought we knew about the early ...

LIBERTY — The historic late 1972 launch of the Apollo 17 mission to the moon represented more than a space expedition to merely collect rock samples from the lunar landscape while making history: It ...

Moon becomes brighter for experts, with new insights gathered from the Apollo 17 lunar sample. Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, these insights shed light on the mysterious ...