On 12 April 1961, exactly 65 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first human spaceflight in history, ushering ...

Amid what some call a new space race, the historic journey around the moon tested a spacecraft that had never before been ...

When the Artemis II four-person crew left Earth’s orbit, they were protected by a computing system designed to move beyond simple redundancy (a la the Apollo missions) to a fail-silent architecture.

The last time human beings left the neighborhood of Earth, Richard Nixon was in the White House, the Vietnam War was still grinding on, and a gallon of gasoline cost ...

Monday is day 6 of the Artemis II mission in space, where the crew, according to NASA, is at its farthest point from Earth — ...

The four NASA Artemis II astronauts will swing around the far side of the moon, venturing deeper into space than any humans ...

Join us for an exciting journey through a captivating Moon exhibit at a renowned space museum, celebrating the achievements of the American space program. Explore iconic artifacts like the Gemini VII ...

An instant later, at 10:56 p.m., Armstrong stepped off the footpad and onto the the finely-powdered surface. “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” Whether he inadvertently ...

Observed on February 15th, National Gumdrop Day recognizes a favorite candy of many: the gumdrop! There’s no question as to what to do. Eat gumdrops and eat as many as you want! 1682 – Frenchman Denis ...

Space enthusiasts Mike Tripodi and Greg Pitonza, both from upstate New York, traveled through the area, including Edwardsville, on Jan. 30 and towed a quarter-scale replica of the Apollo lunar module.

A film titled "Apollo 1" was screened at Kennedy Space Center for NASA's annual Day of Remembrance. The film documents the 1967 Apollo 1 tragedy where astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger ...