That’s not all—keep an eye out for the moon cozying up with the nearest and brightest planets ... In October 2024, ...

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... On the Earth-facing side of the moon 48 years later, undisturbed by wind or water, development or war, Tranquility ...

National Geographic has always been at the forefront ... which has surveyed the entire surface. The moon is peppered with probes and landers, the legacy of human efforts to explore it.

This story appears in the March 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... and scarab beetles iridescent as opals. The moon, which illuminates this stage, borrows its light from the sun.

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Whether helping astronauts enter Earth orbit, walk on the moon, pilot a space shuttle, or travel to Mars, space ...

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Moon jellies, which are found in shallow bays around the world, look like small, not entirely friendly ghosts.

50 years after Apollo 11, a new moon race is on 50 years after Apollo ... Niger is a nation on the edge With his Pristine Seas project, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala ...

NASA aims to travel to the moon again—and beyond. Here’s a look at the 21st-century race to send humans into space. Private spaceflight is not a new concept. In the United States, commercial ...

Though none of us could have guessed that the first moon landing was only three decades in the future, we were already concerned with the problems that might arise during the voyage. One of these ...