Apollo 17: On The Shoulders of Giants

A complete slideshow overview of NASA's Apollo lunar exploration program.

A recording of the Apollo 8 astronauts reading from the book of Genesis.

A bird's-eye view of Apollo 6 and its gantry leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on the transporter heading to the launch site on Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center.

AS-502 climbs to orbit, as seen from chase-plane.

Astronauts: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart Stresses the testing of the Lunar Module, the spacecraft that will land men on the Moon. Featured are sequences of launch, ...

Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, pauses for a quick photo while training for the Apollo 13 mission.  

The phase and libration of the Moon for 2017, at hourly intervals. 

This movie shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012.

Apollo 7 lifts off from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 A.M., EDT.

By combining years of LEND data, scientists see mounting evidence of hydrogen-rich areas near the Moon’s south pole, strongly suggesting the presence of frozen water.

In the early hours of April 15, 2014, our pale moon will turn blood orange red. This spectacle will mark the first of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, a series known as a tetrad. 

In the early morning hours of April 15, 2014, the Moon enters the Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse.

In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space.

Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has passed away at the age of 87.

Converting stereo images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter into 3D maps of the Moon's surface.

Researchers hope "LADEE" will solve a mystery that has been puzzling them since the days of Apollo.

The Moon from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Video of the moon taken by the NASA GRAIL mission's MoonKam camera aboard the Ebb spacecraft on Dec. 14, 2012

Apollo 10 westward view across Apollo Landing Site 3 in the Central Bay.

United States President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar lan...

A front view of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM), which reflects a circular flare caused by the brilliant sun, as seen by the two moon-exploring crew men of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission durin...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong blowing out candles on his birthday cake in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory Crew Reception Area after the Apollo 11 mission.

Man's second journey to the Moon is for science. The first EVA includes setting up Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) for the return of scientific data. The second EVA includes a geol...

Includes the early problem of docking the Command and Lunar Modules, landing on the Moon, experiments package, climb up Cone Crater, onboard experiments, scenes in the NASA JSC's Lunar Receiving La...

This photograph is a view of a display, control console, and hand controller for the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 2.