Approaching the near side of the Moon. The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to… pic.twitter.com/OapAGgGMex

A Coronado space engineer who played a critical role in the Apollo 11 moon landing is looking back at the historic 1969 event as NASA's Artemis II mission unfolds.

In 1989, President George H.W. Bush announced the Space Exploration Initiative with the goals of going back to the moon "to stay" and, eventually, missions to Mars, Muir-Harmony said. The initiative was ended by Bush's successor, President Bill Clinton, due to costs and in favor of less expensive missions.

The Artemis II mission has been bringing people to tears on a nearly daily basis since its launch. Here are 9 reasons it's so emotional.

Jim Head helped train Apollo astronauts and select lunar landing sites for the missions.

Eating a meal in space presents some unique challenges, meaning that astronauts have noshed on a slate of interesting low-gravity meals over the years.

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the crew of Apollo 13 into a 200,000-mile race for survival.

The company that built critical component switches for the Apollo missions starting in the 1960s is the company still doing it for Artemis II.