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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover, died Wednesday at age 88. His family said he died in ...

The last time anyone drove on the Moon was way back in 1972 when the astronauts of Apollo 17 took the Lunar Roving Vehicle for one last spin. Now, NASA is plotting a return to the Moon's surface that ...

NASA is developing a new Moon Rover, and this video features a visit to Astrolab, one of the three companies working on the project. The host drives the FLEX Rover and explores its features. Chapters: ...

This eight-page feature of images, including double-page spreads of the Apollo 15 lunar mission, is part of the Special Report: Communications Satellites feature package in the issue dated August 23, ...

A magnificent photograph of lunar module pilot Jim Irwin saluting the American flag at the Hadley-Apennine landing site during Apollo 15. The lunar module and rover appear behind him, to his left, in ...