HUMANITY HAS CHANGED AN AWFUL LOT IN THE PAST 58 YEARS. THE MOON? NOT SO MUCH. It was in 1968 that astronauts first drew near the moon, and it will be early this year, if all goes as planned, that a c

All being well, after many months of delays, NASA’s second giant white-and-orange SLS rocket will blast off from Kennedy Space Center on the Florida coast, sending a crew of four astronauts on the Art

To mark the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years, Ben Lerwill journeys to NASA’s headquarters in Houston, Texas, US

Andy Saunders has devoted years to restoring historic NASA space images. Steve Fairclough spoke to him about his new book on the Mercury and Gemini missions

Ayoush Lazikani The Medieval Moon A history of haunting and blessing 272pp. Yale University Press. £20 (US $30). Something fundamental changed in our relationship with the moon when we realized we cou

SET TO TAKE HIS NEW LIVE SHOW AROUND THE WORLD, THE PHYSICIST AND PRESENTER REFLECTS ON HIS DEFINING TRAVEL EXPERIENCES