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On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the ...
NASA astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins blasted off on their famous mission to land and walk on the ...
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – On July 16, 1969 at 9:32 a.m. Eastern Time, the Apollo 11 crew of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins launched toward the Moon. The astronauts were not the ...
The lunar environment poses unique visual hazards. Astronauts face intense ultraviolet radiation, sharp temperature swings, ...
The Apollo Program began in ambition and nearly ended in tragedy. After the devastating Apollo 1 fire, NASA had to rebuild trust and technology from the ground up—leading to one of history’s ...
The Apollo I and space shuttle Challenger and Columbia astronauts were remembered during an annual ceremony at Kennedy Space Center.
On this date in 1970, NASA scraps plans for an Apollo 20 mission to divert funds to next big mission.
NASA’s Apollo missions inspired this $800 calculator watch. A British startup has miniaturized the interfaces Apollo astronauts used aboard the command and lunar modules to create the DSKY ...
Back to Article List NASA pushes first Moon landing since Apollo era to 2027 Findings from the Artemis 1 test mission have forced the space agency to recalculate its plans for future flights.
Now, NASA is plotting a return to the Moon’s surface that will include taking an all-new lunar rover with it, and it’s just started testing out prototypes for its latest Moon buggy.
Here's everything to know about NASA's 1970 space mission Apollo 13, including its purpose, what went wrong, if the crew survived and more.
Apollo astronaut Bill Anders, the photographer behind one of the most famous images ever recorded in space, has died at age 90.