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US: Artemis II Launches, Marking First Crewed Lunar Mission in Half Century 4

NASA's Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, marking humanity's first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972. The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carried four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — on a 10-day lunar flyby.

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US: Artemis II Launches, Marking First Crewed Lunar Mission in Half Century 2

NASA's Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, marking humanity's first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972. The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carried four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — on a 10-day lunar flyby.

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US: Artemis II Launches, Marking First Crewed Lunar Mission in Half Century 3

NASA's Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, marking humanity's first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972. The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carried four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — on a 10-day lunar flyby.

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US: Artemis II Launch Spotted From Plane Window at Liftoff

NASA's Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, marking humanity's first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972. The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carried four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — on a 10-day lunar flyby.

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US: Artemis II Launches, Marking First Crewed Lunar Mission in Half Century

NASA's Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, marking humanity's first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972. The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carried four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — on a 10-day lunar flyby.

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Apollo 13 Astronauts on the U.S.S. Iwo Jima

The crew of the Apollo 13 mission step aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific. Exiting the helicopter, which made the pick-up some four miles from the Iwo Jima are (from left) astronauts Fred. W. Haise, Jr., lunar module pilot; James A. Lovell Jr., commander; and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970..Photo by NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apollo 13 Recovery Area

Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut Fred W. Haise, Jr., lunar module pilot, is already aboard the helicopter. In the life raft with Lovell, and in the water are several U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers, who assisted in the recovery operations. The crew was taken to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship, several minutes after the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:01:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970..Photo by NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apollo 13 Splashdown

A perilous space flight comes to a smooth ending with the safe splashdown of the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) in the south Pacific Ocean, only four miles from the prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. The Command Module "Odyssey" with Commander, James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr. splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970. The crewmen were transported by helicopter from the immediate recovery area to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima..Photo by NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's Lunar Exploration Project Chang 'e-5 Lunar Sample Exhibition

BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 29, 2024 - The "Lunar rock (collected from the Chenghai Landing Area of the Moon by the Apollo 17 lunar mission in 1972)" on display at the "Asking the Moon - Chang 'e-5 Lunar Sample Exhibition" at the Beijing Planetarium, China, December 29, 2024.

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Illustration of Pager and Hezbollah - Beirut

Illustration of Apollo beeper or pager with Hezbollah flag, showing date of deadly attack by Israel on the shiite Lebanese Iranian movement on September 17, 2024, at 3:30 pm, as seen in Beirut, Lebanon in November 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Pager and Hezbollah - Beirut

Illustration of Apollo beeper or pager with Hezbollah flag, showing date of deadly attack by Israel on the shiite Lebanese Iranian movement on September 17, 2024, at 3:30 pm, as seen in Beirut, Lebanon in November 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Pager and Hezbollah - Beirut

Illustration of Apollo beeper or pager with Hezbollah flag, showing date of deadly attack by Israel on the shiite Lebanese Iranian movement on September 17, 2024, at 3:30 pm, as seen in Beirut, Lebanon in November 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of Pager and Hezbollah - Beirut

Illustration of Apollo beeper or pager with Hezbollah flag, showing date of deadly attack by Israel on the shiite Lebanese Iranian movement on September 17, 2024, at 3:30 pm, as seen in Beirut, Lebanon in November 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exploding Pagers Kill Nine And Injure Thousands - Lebanon

An undated file catalog image of an Apollo pager, similar to the ones that exploded on September 17, 2024, in various cities of Lebanon and Syria, in an unprecedented cyber-attack or long distance attack against pro Iranian Hezbollah personnel. At least nine people have been killed and thousands are injured after handheld pagers, used by Hezbollah, exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon. The health ministry says 200 of those injured are in a critical condition. Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the "sinful aggression", saying the country will get its "fair punishment". Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exploding Pagers Kill Nine And Injure Thousands - Lebanon

An undated file catalog image of an Apollo pager, similar to the ones that exploded on September 17, 2024, in various cities of Lebanon and Syria, in an unprecedented cyber-attack or long distance attack against pro Iranian Hezbollah personnel. At least nine people have been killed and thousands are injured after handheld pagers, used by Hezbollah, exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon. The health ministry says 200 of those injured are in a critical condition. Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the "sinful aggression", saying the country will get its "fair punishment". Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-2 Surface WFOV Angle 3 . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-1 Landing WFOV Angle 2 . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-1 Landing WFOV Fisheye . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-1 Landing WFOV Angle 1 . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Space Expo 2014 at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - The actual parachute used for the return of the Apollo 17 command module is exhibited at a preview of Space Expo 2014 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on July 18, 2014, one day ahead of the opening. The expo runs till Sept. 23.

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Original NASA photographs from Apollo missions sell in Copenhagen auction

STORY: Original NASA photographs from Apollo missions sell in Copenhagen auction DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of the auction house in Copenhagen 2. various of the auction STORYLINE: A series of original NASA photographs from the Apollo 8-17 missions sold for a total of 1.1 million Danish Kroner (162,000 U.S. dollars) in an auction in Copenhagen on Wednesday. The 74 privately-owned photographs included an iconic Moon "selfie," the world's first photograph of Earth seen from space, and Buzz Aldrin's moon walk photo. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Copenhagen. (XHTV)

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Dirk Benedict & Richard Hatch Characters: Lt. Starbuck & Capt. Apollo Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Maren Jensen, Lorne Greene, Laurette Spang, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict & Noah Hathaway Poster Characters: Athena, Commander Adama, Cassiopeia, Capt. Apollo, Lt. Starbuck, Boxey Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Richard Hatch, Lorne Greene & Dirk Benedict Characters: Capt. Apollo, Cmdr. Adama, Lt. Starbuck Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Tony Swartz, Herb Jefferson Jr., Anne Lockhart, Lorne Greene, Maren Jensen, Richard Hatch, Laurette Spang & Dirk Benedict Characters: Sgt. Jolly, Lt. Boomer, Sheba, Cmdr. Adama, Athena, Capt. Apollo, Cassiopeia, Lt. Starbuck Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Maren Jensen, Lorne Greene, Laurette Spang, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict & Noah Hathaway Characters: Athena, Cmdr. Adama, Cassiopeia, Capt. Apollo, Lt. Starbuck, Boxey Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Richard Hatch, Lorne Greene & Dirk Benedict Characters: Capt. Apollo, Cmdr. Adama, Lt. Starbuck Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Maren Jensen, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch & Lorne Greene Characters: Athena,Lt. Starbuck,Capt. Apollo & Cmdr. Adama Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Dirk Benedict & Richard Hatch Characters: Lt. Starbuck & Capt. Apollo Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Richard Hatch & Dirk Benedict Characters: CAPT APOLLO, LT STARBUCK Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Richard Hatch Characters: CAPT APOLLO Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Dirk Benedict & Richard Hatch Characters: LT STARBUCK, CAPT APOLLO Television: Battlestar Galactica (1978) 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Richard Hatch Characters: CAPT APOLLO Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Richard Hatch & Dirk Benedict Characters: CAPT APOLLO, LT STARBUCK Television: Battlestar Galactica (TV-Serie) Usa 1978-1979, 17 September 1978 Date: 17 September 1978