To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Purdue football players will wear a moon-inspired helmet and commemorative astronaut-themed patch during Saturday’s homecoming game against Maryland.

A gala is being planned at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on July 16, the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s launch, and the National Air and Space Museum plans to present five ...

They couldn’t withstand the hazards outside; the extreme temperatures and flying debris that working astronauts encounter when they step out into the void of deep space. For now, bulky white coveralls ...

Explore five iconic spacesuits in 3-D and more than 50 years of spaceflight in a dialogue between The Washington Post’s space industry reporter Christian Davenport and fashion critic Robin Givhan.

The capsule called Columbia hasn't left the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., since 1976. It's heading out on tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

It's been 50 years since the Apollo 11 astronauts became the first to walk on the moon on July 21, 1969. The Space Age had already begun, in 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first ...

The Apollo 11 command module is exhibited with its crew access hatch in the Smithsonian’s "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission” traveling exhibit premiering Oct. 14, 2017, at Space Center ...

NASA astronaut Christina Koch displays a U.S. Mint Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coin on board the International Space Station in May 2019. (Image credit: NASA/US Mint) ...

The National Air and Space Museum is putting Neil Armstrong's gloves and helmet back on display in honor of the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.Armstrong's lunar extravehicular ...

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit is about to go back on public display after a Smithsonian effort to preserve it. The effort wasn't to make it pristine. Lunar dust still covers the boots.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch displays a U.S. Mint Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coin on board the International Space Station in May 2019. Credit: NASA A curved tribute to the 50th ...