Apollo

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After breaking Apollo 13's record for the furthest distance ever travelled into space, the Artemis astronauts just kept on going.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

When the Apollo 11 astronauts departed the moon in 1969, they left behind a plaque with the words “We came in peace for all mankind.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The mission marks another step forward in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a sustained presence there.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Before Artemis II, the United States hadn't sent astronauts around the Moon since 1972 for the Apollo 17 mission -- the last of that famed space program that saw humans walk on the lunar surface.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Later on, Apollo changed Midas’ ears into those of an ass; but again the punishment was for stupidity, not for any wrongdoing.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton