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NASA's Artemis moon rocket has finally launched after months of setbacks, from fuel leaks to hurricanes. If successful, the mission signals a big step toward returning humans to the moon.

The space agency has been trying for months to send its giant moon rocket on its first test flight. The goal is to send a crew capsule, with no astronauts on board, around the moon and back.

A total lunar eclipse happens when the moon falls completely in the Earth's shadow.

Astrophotographers Andrew McCarthy and Connor Matherne shot over 200,000 photos of the moon over the course of a single evening to create one incredible image.

Its name has ties to strawberry picking season, and when Thursday's strawberry moon appears above the horizon, the marginal supermoon will look large and gold.

Before he became an astrophysicist, Ray Jayawardhana was just a kid, looking up at the night sky with his father. "I remember being awed," he says. He's written a book called Child of the Universe.

The first successful lunar orbit happened fifty years ago on December 21st 1968. The Apollo 8 mission led to one of history's most iconic images.

Renewed interest in exploring and mining the moon have space archaeologists and historians wanting to preserve those Apollo landing sites. Non-profit For All Moonkind says the first step is to map those sites.

SpaceX is planning to send two private citizens to the moon launching from Florida’s Space Coast.

Cape Canaveral-based Moon Express is the first private space company to receive permission to head the moon.