Parting Moon Shots from NASA's GRAIL Mission

The Moon orbits the Earth in the months prior to the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse.  

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, ...

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface an...

Visualization of the location of all six Apollo landing sites on the Moon, along with the historical Moon phase. 

Lunar Orbiter 1 image of Taruntius crater on the Moon.

A lunar boulder studied by Apollo 14 astronauts.

Mark your calendars: a series of three supermoons will appear on the celestial stage on Dec. 3, 2017, Jan. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31, 2018.

Astronaut John W. Young, commander of Apollo 16, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag.

NASA's LADEE mission came to an end as the spacecraft executed a planned de-orbit into the surface of the Moon at nearly three thousand, six hundred miles per hour.

Katherine Johnson and other "Human Computers" played an integral role in the early days of America's space program.

Ranger 8 image of the Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquillity) area of the Moon taken from 511 km about 4 minutes before surface impact.

What does the other side of the Moon look like, the side that can't be seen from the Earth? This video answers that question.

Every Moon phase in 2020

After its soft landing, Surveyor 6 was the first spacecraft to be launched from the surface of the moon.

Records the accomplishment of the basic mission of Apollo 10 - to uncover and solve the few remaining problems before lunar landing.

Apollo 12 astronauts relax during a flight rehearsal in the Apollo mission simulator.

View the Moon's phase and libration leading up to the 2020 Halloween Blue Moon.

Connecting the history of Apollo 17 to NASA's current Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission through the eyes of astronaut Harrison Jack Schmitt.

Apollo 16 was the fifth moon landing of Project Apollo, and the 10th manned mission in the Apollo program. It was the second mission to utilize a Lunar Rover (Lunar Roving Vehicle, LRV) during luna...

Four Ranger 8 Camera P images taken on 20 February 1965 from a distance of 20 km about 9 seconds before impact on the Moon.

A view of the severely damaged Apollo 13 Service Module.

The historic first landing of men on the Moon in July, 1969.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 11 landing site.

The scenes in the video are so dramatic that you may find yourself reaching out to pick up a rock and becoming restless to walk among the lunar peaks.

Ranger 8 camera B image of the Moon about 5 seconds before impact.