Louis Cariola Jr. watches NASA’s Artemis moon program progress with a connection far beyond what most can claim. He was right there with the Apollo missions, helping create the lunar landers, but flabbergasted that it has been over half a century since anyone has tried going back.

An iconic NASA aircraft with ties to the Apollo missions will be at this year's SUN 'n FUN Aerospace Expo in Lakeland.

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, NASA said the Artemis II mission has carried a collection of historic mementos. Among them was a flag originally designated for the canceled Apollo 18 mission.

But the bones of the operation have not changed, said Judd Frieling, one of the Artemis II flight directors, who spoke from mission control to reporters on Saturday. Every spacecr

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 34 sits as a preserved and haunting reminder of NASA’s first major tragedy — one which lives on in the agency’s culture as it prepares to send the ...