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  1. spaceplace.nasa.gov › moon-habitat › enBuild a Moon Habitat! | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    May 6, 2024 · This time, though, the astronauts will stay much longer than the few days of the Apollo 17 mission. So now, NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program is working on everything that will be needed to make the Moon a place where a crew of astronauts can live for months. Explorers from Earth will have to build their own habitat, or home.

  2. www.britannica.com › science › Apollo-space-programApollo | History, Missions, Significance, & Facts | Britannica

    May 17, 2024 · All told, 24 Apollo astronauts visited the Moon and 12 of them walked on its surface. Additional NASA astronauts are scheduled to return to the Moon by 2025 as part of the Artemis space program. In May 1961 Pres. John F. Kennedy committed America to landing astronauts on the Moon by 1970. The choice among competing techniques for achieving a ...

  3. spaceplace.nasa.gov › all-about-the-moon › enAll About the Moon | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    May 6, 2024 · On July 20, 1969, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to set foot on the dusty surface of the Moon. Ten other American astronauts followed. They collected hundreds of pounds of lunar soil and rock samples, conducted experiments and installed equipment for follow-up measurements.

  4. www.britannica.com › biography › Buzz-AldrinBuzz Aldrin | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    May 25, 2024 · Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut who was the second person to walk on the Moon, a feat he accomplished during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Three years earlier he had been one of the crew on Gemini 12. Learn more about Aldrin’s life and career, including his work after leaving NASA..

  5. uk.news.yahoo.com › no-one-knows-time-moonWhy scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon — soon

    2 days ago · On the moon, however, the equator receives roughly 14 days of sunlight followed by 14 days of darkness. “It’s just a very, very different concept” on the moon, Betts said. “And (NASA is) talking about landing astronauts in the very interesting south polar region (of the moon), where you have permanently lit and permanently shadowed areas.

  6. www.npr.org › 2024/05/04 › 1249166955Astronauts on the moon have a new way to stay fit, and it ...

    May 4, 2024 · Astronauts on the moon have a new way to stay fit, and it involves the wall of death NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Alberto Minetti of the University of Milan about his research on how astronauts ...

  7. www.space.com › artemis-2-orion-spacecraft-moonArtemis 2 astronauts simulated a day in the life on their ...

    May 15, 2024 · — Astronauts won't walk on the moon until 2026 after NASA delays next 2 Artemis missions — NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates.