Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program.

WASHINGTON -- NASA released extremely detailed, high definition video showing the surface of the moon. The video comes from data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. It recreates ...

Tapes containing the original, high-quality transmission of the Apollo 11 moon landing were wiped after being quietly shelved in an unmarked storage area by Nasa. While other recordings of the ...