NASA's Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972—with much more to come.

The filmed, directed by Bo Brinkman and expected to release later this year, will focus on the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg.

These are just the difficulties of designing a spacesuit for the lunar environment."

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is no mere test flight. The crew will partake in some seriously mind-blowing science during their 10-day trip around the Moon.

5/5: Following my trip to the Hermitage, I was pleased to make Jon Meacham's book American Lion (which I bought at that location) my first book of the new year. Readers should understand that Meacham ...

Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA's Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the lunar surface

The #1 bestselling American history survey text, Give Me Liberty!, An American History, Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr, 9781324104278

Orbital launch activity set another annual record in 2025, although future growth may depend on factors different from those that fueled the recent surge.

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4/5: Jeffrey Kluger, a longtime author of spaceflight books and articles, has now turned his attention to the Gemini program. He believes authors like himself and much of the public have not given thi...

Listeners call in to Drafting the Past to tell host Kate Carpenter about the best history books they read in 2025.

4/5: I had the good fortune to read this first entry in the prestigious Oxford History of the United States series. Robert Middlekauff's work was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1982, before being released again in revised format in 2005. His work is by far the most thorough I have ever encountered on Revolutionary America, as he devotes hundreds of pages to the grievances among American colonists for British policies and then devotes hundreds of more pages to a remarkably thorough treatment of the military campaigns that began in 1775. In this portion of the book, two chapters that I found...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

Including two presidential libraries, a museum dedicated to hip-hop and an institution from the creator of ‘Star Wars.’