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
NASA's Artemis mission aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024
NASA's new rover is ready to begin searching for life on Mars
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
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.
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.
Who were the Apollo 11 crew? When did they land? How exactly did they get there?
Used for communication in crewed spaceflights, spacecraft call signs have interesting histories.
Read more about space and stargazing
