(The Conversation) — A scholar of Greek mythology explains the naming of NASA’s missions after mythological figures and why the name Artemis is indicative of a more diverse era of space exploration.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the American flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission July 20, 1969. NASA hopes too return humans to the lunar surface by 2024, including the first-ever woman. (Photo: ...

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After a century of searching, a chance discovery led archaeologists to one of the most important sanctuaries in the ancient Greek world Archaeologists first explored Eretria in the late nineteenth ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby on Nov. 21, 2022 ...

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Artemis, Greek goddess of the hunt and twin of her brother Apollo, is humanity’s return to the Moon after five decades of absence. This endeavor, a collaboration between NASA and several international ...

In 356 B.C.E., a man named Herostratus slipped into the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey, and set fire to its wooden roof, reducing much of the giant structure—which the Greek writer and physicist ...

To gear up for photographing the moon up close, the astronauts used an inflatable moon and a mockup Orion capsule.

NASA on Monday announced a team of four astronauts who will launch on a critical test flight next year to slingshot around the moon, setting the stage for the agency’s long-awaited return to the lunar ...