Fifty years on from the Apollo 11 Moon landing, a new 'space race' is underway.

Discover more about the biggest space missions in the history of humankind and the key missions scheduled the year ahead.

Space launch calendar 2021

Find out about the biggest space missions and rocket launches scheduled for this year, with details of upcoming missions from NASA, the European Space Agency, SpaceX and more

Current missions

Find out more about the biggest upcoming space missions and rocket launches

Artemis Program: what you need to know about NASA’s Moon mission

NASA's Artemis mission aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024

NASA's Perseverance rover: everything you need to know about the new Mars rover

NASA's new rover is ready to begin searching for life on Mars

What is the future of space travel?

What is the next giant leap for crewed spaceflight?

The history of Apollo

Find out more about NASA's Apollo Program and the mission that first landed humans on the Moon

The missions before the Moon landing

2019 was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and humans walking on the Moon. But it also saw the anniversaries of Apollo 9 and 10.

Apollo 11 Moon landing: minute by minute

NASA recordings of the final 13 minutes of the Apollo 11 Moon landing capture the tension and the triumph of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins's historic mission. Follow the radio communications between the astronauts and Mission Control during the lunar module's descent.

Apollo 11 crew

Who were the Apollo 11 crew? When did they land? How exactly did they get there?

Why was Apollo called Apollo? | The history of spacecraft call signs

Used for communication in crewed spaceflights, spacecraft call signs have interesting histories.

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Space launch calendar 2021

Current missions

The history of Apollo

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