The Apollo 11 mission marks one of humanity's most incredible achievements—landing on the Moon. But have you ever wondered ...

On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down, and the astronauts were brought to the USS Hornet. "This year, on ...

It was the second Soviet attempt to obtain and bring lunar soil back to Earth. The Soviets launched Luna 15 three days before the liftoff of Apollo 11.

Sharmila Bhattacharya, Lead for Space Science and Tech Utilization at NASA’s Ames Research Center, believes it is reasonable ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 - [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes ...

In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.

The way Ron explained it to me when we started was, 'Look, I'm not making a documentary. I'm making an entertaining movie ...

Kluger, who has written about the Apollo Program, talks about his new book: 'Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, The Untold ...

Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and ...

If you bought the July 25, 1969 issue of the New York Times, the front page story covered the Apollo 11 astronauts returning to Earth and entering quarantine.

A stadium-sized asteroid, 2005 VO5, is set to approach Earth tomorrow morning. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms its ...

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo ...