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China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.
As a young NASA scientist during the Apollo era, William Borucki helped design the heat shield that brought Apollo 11 ...
One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.
Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's ...
Dynamic Earth invites families to explore the wonders of the Moon through science, storytelling and interactive fun.
NASA, for its part, had already spotted the wreckage. About a week after the crash, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed about 50 miles above the landing site, Mare Frigoris — and snapped a photo ...
(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 ...
A leaky valve in January 2024 may have scuttled a Pittsburgh-based space company’s mission to become the first private ...
What’s it like to travel to space? In this video, we take an in-depth look at the iconic Apollo 11 moon mission and what ...
July 20 brings us back to the moment when a man took his first step on the moon; when Neil Armstrong descended on the ...
Temple native and astronaut Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr. made history as the first African-American to walk in space. In 1995, ...
A remarkable 2.35 billion year old meteorite found in Africa in 2023 has opened a new window into the Moon's volcanic history ...