Interactive

• The Apollo Years

  

  A timeline of key events up to the Moon landings and beyond.

  ( 19 June 2009 )

• A brief history of the Moon

  

  A timeline that stretches from the Moon's birth to the Apollo landings and future missions.

Galleries

• Iconic Images

  

  A slideshow of eye-catching photographs from the Apollo missions.

  ( 19 June 2009 )

• The Moon in pictures

  

  How was the moon formed? Why is it a funny shape? And what's that orange soil made of?

Briefings

• NASA's Moon goals under review

  

  But work on the first of the agency's new rockets continues.

  ( 19 June 2009 )

• Get me to the Moon on time

  

  Vibration problems may slow down NASA timetable.

  ( 4 April 2008 )

Interviews

• The moonwalker

  

  Harrison Schmitt was the first and last scientist to touch the lunar surface.

  ( 16 July 2009 )

• One giant leap for art

  

  Astronaut Alan Bean stepped down onto the lunar surface during the 1969 Apollo 12 mission, but left NASA in 1981 to devote himself to painting. He tells Nature how he attempts to convey his lunar experience through his work.

  ( 31 December 2008 )

News & Features

• Shooting for the Moon

  

  The Apollo programme inspired thousands of people to pursue careers in science. Today, they still support human spacefaring & but baulk at the price. Richard Monastersky reports on the results of a Nature poll.

  ( 15 July 2009 )

• Erupting gas may cause lunar flashes

  

  Eyewitness reports of flickering Moon lights stand up to scrutiny.

  ( 13 May 2009 )

• Apollo scientist dusts off 'lost' lunar data

  

  A fresh look at the sticky problem of Moon dust may help the next generation of lunar explorers.

  ( 24 April 2009 )

• More News & Features

Opinion

• Why we need space travel

  

  Giovanni Bignami reflects on the people who persuaded him that we must send humans beyond Earth's orbit to inspire public and political support for science.

  ( 15 July 2009 )

• The slow slide towards a new battlefield?

  

  The cold war saw governments develop international policies to regulate outer space for military and civil uses. Loopholes in those policies must now be closed, writes Roald Sagdeev.

  ( 15 July 2009 )

• The return path to the Moon

  

  Jeff Kanipe reviews The Seventh Landing: Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay by Michael Carroll.

  ( 15 July 2009 )

• Apollo books

  

  The anniversary of the first footstep on the Moon is being celebrated in an array of new books.

  ( 15 July 2009 )

From the Archives

• Watch for the Post-splashdown Backlash

  

  The Apollo programme's budget should not be counted as science expenditure.

  ( 2 August 1969 )

• First Impressions

  

  Astronauts investigate the powdery surface of the Moon.

  ( 26 July 1969 )

• Lunar Timetable

  

  The flight plan of the Apollo 11 mission.

  ( 12 July 1969 )

• More From the Archives

Twitter & Blog

• ApolloPlus40

  

  Nature News retrospectively tweets the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 'real time' 40 years later.

• In the Field

  

  More on the Moon landings with blog posts to accompany our Apolloplus40 tweets.