Apollo Archives

STS107-E-05695 (26 January 2003) — A quarter moon is barely visible in this oblique view of Earth’s horizon and airglow, recorded with a digital still camera aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Larger image

Apollo, Columbia, History, News, Shuttle News

Remembrance

by Keith Cowing January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

Keith’s note: Back in 2004 my late co-author Frank Siezten and I wrote a book “New Moon Rising” about the Vision for Space Exploration that was developed after the loss […]

Shackleton's Nimrod and Shackleton crater -- Wikipedia/NASA/NASAWatch.com

Apollo, Artemis, History, News

Artemis Has A Strong Historic Resonance

by Keith Cowing January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

Keith’s note: On this day in 1908 Ernest Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition arrived at The Bay of Whales in Antarctica. In a few years NASA will be landing […]

Upper left: Amundsen's team at the south pole via dog sleds in 1912. Upper right: Hillary at the south pole on a tractor in 1958. Lower left: Apollo 17 on the Moon in 1972. Lower right: Artemis mission back on the Moon in 202x

Apollo, Artemis, Exploration, News

Exploration Runs In Cycles On- and Offworld

by Keith Cowing January 4, 2026January 4, 2026

Keith’s note: On this date (3 January 1958) Sir Edmund Hillary’s team reached Earth’s South Pole – the first time humans had gone overland in 50 years after Amundsen/Scott. Now […]

Apollo, Artemis, Astronauts, History, NASA Culture, News, Shuttle News

Another NASA DEIA Thing To Purge (Update)

by Keith Cowing January 2, 2026January 2, 2026

Keith’s 2 Jan 2025 update: I posted this a year ago. We are coming up on the agency’s Remembrance Day observations. We’re about to see humans return to the Moon. […]

A string of schools to the Moon -- Grok via NASAWatch.com

Apollo, Artemis, Education, News

An Artemis Outreach Goal For NASA

by Keith Cowing December 30, 2025December 30, 2025

Keith’s note: I did an A.I. search. There are approx 114,500 grammar, junior, high schools (public & private) in America. Space them out from here to the Moon (239,000 miles) […]

Where the Moon landing hoaxers/deniers rank amongst the other conspiracy things. -- Manhattan Institute

Apollo, Artemis, Culture, Exploration, Moon, News, TrumpSpace

Far Too Many Americans Think Apollo Landings Were Faked

by Keith Cowing December 7, 2025December 8, 2025

Keith’s note: It looks like a lot of Americans still believe in a bunch of conspiracies (surprise surprise) including the whole Apollo Moon landing thing. NASA will launch Artemis II […]

Apollo, Artemis, History, News, TrumpSpace

Has NASA Lost Its Moon Mojo?

by Keith Cowing November 1, 2025November 1, 2025

Keith’s lament: Apollo missions to the Moon were seen as great feats of exploration by the media. As we try to do that again NASA has clearly lost control of […]

Kim Kardashian discusses moon landing conspiracy theories on her show

Administrator Updates, Apollo, Artemis, News, TrumpSpace

The Sean And Kim Moon Show

by Keith Cowing October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Keith’s note: Well done Sean Duffy for getting NASA and the President’s Artemis lunar missions back in the headlines. The top “NASA” stories on Google involve two Reality TV stars […]

Donald Trump dumps on Tom Hanks - that guy in "Apollo 13" who is also responsible for "From the Earth tot he Mon" series on HBO and the current "The Moonwalkers' exhibition.

Apollo, Artemis, Astronauts, Exploration, History, News, TrumpSpace

Dumping On History While Trying To Repeat It

by Keith Cowing September 9, 2025September 9, 2025

Keith’s note: FYI Sean Duffy: NASA pushes out narratives (issued from the White House) about winning the “second space race” to the Moon. OK, that seems like a straight forward […]