O n Christmas Day 1968 Michael Collins, who would later be the pilot of Apollo 11’s command module, Columbia, relayed a ...
The longtime Lake Forest resident and restaurant operator recorded a message before his death last year for the astronauts, ...
The mission’s goal was to land astronauts on the Moon’s Fra Mauro region and conduct scientific experiments, including ...
But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was ...
What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the crew of Apollo 13 into a 200,000-mile race for survival.
The U.S. Navy doesn’t have a nuclear-powered carrier available, but the USS John P Murtha is well-suited to the recovery ...
Orion's interior space is equivalent to that of two minivans, NASA says. That's a lot more breathing room than space capsules ...
Life in space is weirder than you might think, with the crew facing toilet issues, saliva collections, DIY fixes to onboard ...
Here's what to know about Artemis II, the first time NASA sent humans to the moon and why some people (ahem, Kim Kardashian) ...
On April 4, 1968, NASA launched the final uncrewed test flight of its Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 6 mission demonstrated that ...
NASA's Artemis II crew captured stunning views of the Moon's far side, observed rare phenomena, and shared iconic images.
In the same way that Artemis II serves as the first crewed flight to test technology for future missions to the moon and Mars ...